Proverbs 1:7
7 aThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:28-29
28 bThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29Because they chated knowledge
and ddid not choose the fear of the Lord,
Proverbs 5:12-13
12and you say, e“How I hated discipline,and my heart fdespised reproof!
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
Proverbs 8:36
36but he who fails to find me ginjures himself;all who hhate me ilove death.”
Proverbs 12:1
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,but he who jhates reproof is kstupid.
John 3:20
20 lFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, mlest his works should be exposed.Romans 1:28
28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, nGod gave them up to oa debased mind to do pwhat ought not to be done.Romans 2:21
21 qyou then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?Romans 2:23
23You who rboast in the law sdishonor God by breaking the law.
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