Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t weep!

Proverbs 17:16

Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?

Isaiah 28:9-13

Who is he trying to teach?
Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants just weaned from milk?
Babies removed from the breast?

Isaiah 29:11-12

For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”

Jeremiah 5:3-5

Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.

Zechariah 8:5

The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”

Matthew 11:16-19

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

Children

Bible References

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Proverbs 17:16
Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?
Isaiah 28:9
Who is he trying to teach?
Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants just weaned from milk?
Babies removed from the breast?
Isaiah 29:11
For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”
Jeremiah 5:3
Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
Matthew 11:16
“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

Children

Zechariah 8:5
The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”

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