1Sa 2:25, Pro 9:7-8, 14:6, Isa 28:14-15 | ESV | STEP | If someone sins against a man , God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord , who can intercede for him? But they would not listen to the voice of their father , for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death .

1 Samuel 2:25

25 If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ^afor it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

Proverbs 9:7-8

7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 ^bDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^creprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 14:6

6 ^dA scoffer seeks wisdom ^ein vain,
but ^fknowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Isaiah 28:14-15

A Cornerstone in Zion

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you ^gscoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem!
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the ^hoverwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made ⁱlies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;