Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Bible References

Ye simple

Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the inexperienced,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.
Proverbs 9:4
“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Psalm 94:8
Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 11:29
All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.
Matthew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!
Luke 19:42
saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
Revelation 22:17
Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Anyone who hears should say, “Come!” And the one who is thirsty should come. Whoever desires should take the living water as a gift.

The scorners

Proverbs 3:34
He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Proverbs 15:12
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;
he will not consult the wise.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.


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Proverbs 21:11
When a mocker is punished,
the inexperienced become wiser;
when one teaches a wise man,
he acquires knowledge.
Job 34:7
What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.
Psalm 1:1
BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)
How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!
2 Peter 3:3
First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

General references

Job 34:7
What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.
Proverbs 8:5
Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Proverbs 9:4
“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Jeremiah 17:19
This is what the Lord said to me, “Go and stand at the People’s Gate, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem.
Matthew 22:9
Therefore go to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’
John 1:5
That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.

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