“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the sea
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the on
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with yo
Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making a
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will yo
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?