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?
The scorners
General references
Bible References
Ye simple
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Luke 19:42
saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let him who hears say, "Come." And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wishes take the water of life without price.
The scorners
2 Peter 3:3
First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days, with scoffing, following their own lusts
General references
Matthew 22:9
Go therefore to the highways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.