Proverbs 17:16
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
Psalm 81:11-13
"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
Proverbs 1:22-23
"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:4-5
"To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
Proverbs 9:4-6
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:15
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 21:25-26
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Isaiah 55:1-3
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Hosea 4:11
whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
John 3:20
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:26-27
"'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.