Proverbs 10:21
Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Proverbs 5:23
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Job 4:3-4
Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.
Job 23:12
[From] the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
Job 29:21-22
"They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
Psalm 37:30
[The] mouth of [the] righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 1:29
Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
Proverbs 1:31
They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,
Proverbs 5:12
and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:4
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Proverbs 17:16
Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.
Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
The Teacher was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them.
Jeremiah 3:15
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart and they will feed you knowledge and insight.
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found and I ate them, and your words became to me as jubilation, even as the joy of my heart, for your name is called on me, Yahweh God of hosts.
Matthew 13:19
[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.
John 3:19-20
And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
John 21:15-17
Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"
Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things [that are] not proper,
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,