Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Proverbs 5:12
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12 and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!(A)
Proverbs 1:29
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29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Psalm 1:1
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Book I
(Psalms 1–41)
Psalm 1
The Two Ways
1 Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
or sit in the seat of scoffers,(A)
Revelation 22:17
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17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.”
And let everyone who hears say, “Come.”
And let everyone who is thirsty come.
Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.(A)
2 Peter 3:3
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3 First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts(A)
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John 3:20
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20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(A)
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 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.(A) 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”(A)
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Proverbs 21:11
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11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;
when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.(A)
Luke 19:42
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42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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Matthew 23:37
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The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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Matthew 17:17
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17 Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Punishments are prepared for scoffers
and flogging for the backs of fools.(A)
Proverbs 15:12
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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
they will not go to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
Proverbs 9:16-18
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16 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
And to those without sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(A)
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.18 Heb shades
Proverbs 9:4-6
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4 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
To those without sense she says,(A)
5 “Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.(B)
6 Lay aside immaturity and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”(C)
Proverbs 8:5
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5 O simple ones, learn prudence;
acquire intelligence, you who lack it.(A)
Proverbs 7:7
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7 and I saw among the simple ones,
I observed among the youths,
a young man without sense,(A)
Proverbs 6:9
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9 How long will you lie there, O lazybones?
When will you rise from your sleep?(A)
Proverbs 3:34
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34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he shows favor.(A)
Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.(A)
Proverbs 1:4
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4 to teach shrewdness to the simple,
knowledge and prudence to the young—(A)
Psalm 94:8
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8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(A)
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