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.
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Bible References
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Proverbs 17:16
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 29:11
And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thy eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Matthew 11:16
But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,
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Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.