Deuteronomy 32:6
6Do you thus repay the Lord,you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he ayour father, who bcreated you,
who cmade you and established you?
Job 28:28
28And he said to man,‘Behold, dthe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to eturn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalms 81:12
12So I fgave them over to their gstubborn hearts,to follow their own hcounsels.
Proverbs 1:7
7 iThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Isaiah 27:11
11When its boughs are dry, they are broken;women come and make a fire of them.
jFor this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 29:14
14therefore, behold, kI will againdo wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and lthe wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
Jeremiah 4:22
22 “For mmy people are foolish;they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
nThey are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
Jeremiah 8:9
9 oThe wise men shall be put to shame;they shall be dismayed pand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
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