Proverbs 1:22

The Call Of Lady Wisdom

²¹ On a {busy corner} she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings: ²² "{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? ²³ May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.

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Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.

Proverbs 1:29

Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,

Proverbs 5:12

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"

Exodus 10:3

And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, 'Until when will you refuse to submit before me? Release my people so that they may serve me.

Exodus 16:28

And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commands and my laws?

Numbers 14:27

"How long [will I bear] this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the {Israelites} which {they are making} against me.

Job 34:7

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

Psalm 94:8

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Proverbs 1:4

to give shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and purpose to the young,

Proverbs 1:7

Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.

Proverbs 3:34

With those who scorn, he is scornful, but to those who are humble, he gives favor.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

Proverbs 7:7

And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking {sense},

Proverbs 8:5

Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

Proverbs 9:4-6

"Whoever [is] simple, let him turn here." As for the one who lacks {sense}, she says to him,

Proverbs 9:16-18

"Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense}, she says to him,

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

Proverbs 21:11

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

Matthew 9:13

But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Matthew 11:29-30

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 17:17

And Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Matthew 23:37

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

Luke 19:42

saying, "If you had known on this day--even you--the things [that make] for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

John 3:20

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

2 Peter 3:3

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And the one who hears, let him say, "Come!" And the one who is thirsty, let him come. The one who wants, let him take the water of life freely.