Proverbs 14:18
The simple are adorned [with] folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 3:35
They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Proverbs 4:7-9
The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.
Proverbs 11:29-30
He who brings trouble [to] his household, he will inherit wind, and a fool will serve the wise of heart.
Jeremiah 16:19
Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in [the] day of distress, to you [the] nations will come from the ends of [the] earth, and they will say, "Our ancestors have inherited only lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.
Jeremiah 44:17
But certainly we will do {everything} that went out from our mouths, to make smoke offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out to her libations just as we did, we, and our ancestors, our kings, and our officials, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, [for] then {we had enough to eat}, and we were well-off, and we did not see disaster.
Daniel 12:3
But the [ones] having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and [the ones] providing justice [for] the many [will be] like the stars {forever and ever}.
Matthew 23:29-32
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,
2 Timothy 4:8
Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.
1 Peter 1:18
[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,
1 Peter 5:4
And [when] the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.