Proverbs 17:16
Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Deuteronomy 5:29
{If only} {they had such a mind}'; [that is], to fear me and to keep all my commandments {at all times}, so that {it will go well} for them and for their children {forever}.
Psalm 81:11-13
But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me.
Proverbs 1:22-23
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:4-5
"To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind.
Proverbs 9:4-6
"Whoever [is] simple, let him turn here." As for the one 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 18:15
An intelligent {mind} will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.
Proverbs 21:25-26
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Isaiah 55:1-3
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
Hosea 4:11
whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}.
John 3:20
For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
Acts 13:46
Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly [and] said, "It was necessary [that] the word of God be spoken first to you, since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life! Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles!
Acts 28:26-27
saying, 'Go to this people and say, "{You will keep on hearing} and will never understand, and {you will keep on seeing} and will never perceive.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.