Hosea 14:9
Who [is] wise that he can understand these [things]? Who is discerning that he knows them? The ways of Yahweh [are] right, and [the] righteous walk in them; but transgressors stumble in them.
Psalm 107:43
Whoever [is] wise, then let him observe these [things], and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love.
Proverbs 10:29
A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin [belongs] to {evildoers}.
Jeremiah 9:12
Who [is] the wise man that can understand this? And to whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed? It is laid waste like the desert so that no one passes through."
Zephaniah 3:5
Yahweh [is] righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. {Morning by morning} he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified and will be cleansed and will be refined, but [the] wicked will act wickedly {and none of the wicked will understand}, but {those who have insight} will understand.
Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed--
John 8:47
The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen--because you are not of God."
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, "So then you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this [reason] I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill [the] righteous with [the] wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work [is] perfect, for all his ways [are] just; [he is] a faithful God, and {without injustice}; righteous and upright [is] he.
Job 17:9
But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
Job 34:10-12
"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.
Job 34:18-19
the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
Psalm 84:5
Blessed [is the] man whose strength [is] in you; in their heart [are the] highways [to Zion].
Psalm 84:7
They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 111:7-8
The works of his hands [are] faithfulness and justice; all his precepts [are] reliable.
Psalm 119:75
I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments [are] right, and [that] in faithfulness you afflicted me.
Psalm 119:128
Therefore all [your] precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way.
Proverbs 1:5-6
may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
Isaiah 1:28
But [the] destruction [of] rebels and sinners [shall be] together, and those who forsake Yahweh will perish.
Isaiah 8:13-15
You shall regard Yahweh of hosts as holy, and he [is] your fear, and he [is] your dread.
Isaiah 26:7
[The] way of the righteous [is] a straight path; {you clear the level path of the righteous}.
Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? [Is it] not your ways [that] are not fair?
Ezekiel 33:17-20
"Yet {your people} say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' [yet] their way is not fair.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
Matthew 13:11-12
And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.
Luke 4:28-29
And all [those] in the synagogue were filled with anger [when they] heard these [things].
Luke 7:23
And whoever is not offended by me is blessed."
John 3:19-20
And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
John 9:39
And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Romans 7:12
So then, the law [is] holy, and the commandment [is] holy and righteous and good.
Romans 9:32-33
Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,
1 Peter 2:7-8
Therefore the honor [is] for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe, "The stone that the builders rejected, this one has become {the cornerstone},"