Pro 1:22-23, 8:4-5, 9:4-6, Isa 1:16-20, 55:6-7, Jer 4:3-4, 7:3-7 | ESV | STEP | How long , O simple ones , will you love being simple ? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge ?

22 “How long, O ^asimple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^bscoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools ^chate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof, ^{▼▼Or Will you turn away at my reproof?}
behold, I will ^epour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.

Proverbs 8:4-5

4 “To you, O ^fmen, I call,
and my cry is to ^gthe children of man.
5 O ^hsimple ones, learn ⁱprudence;
O ^jfools, learn sense.

Proverbs 9:4-6

4 ^k“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
^lTo him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, ^meat of my bread
and ⁿdrink of ^othe wine I have mixed.
6 Leave ^pyour simple ways, ^{▼▼Or Leave the company of the simple} and ^rlive,
^sand walk in the way of insight.”

Isaiah 1:16-20

16 ^tWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^ucease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^vseek justice,
correct oppression;
^wbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 “Come now, ^xlet us reason ^{▼▼Or dispute} together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^zwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 ^aaIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
^abfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Isaiah 55:6-7

6 ^ac“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 4:3-4

3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

^ad“Break up your fallow ground,
and ^aesow not among thorns.
4 ^afCircumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
^aglest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
^ahbecause of the evil of your deeds.”

Jeremiah 7:3-7

3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^aiAmend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 ^ajDo not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

5 “For if you truly ^akamend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^alexecute justice one with another, 6 if you ^amdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^anor shed innocent blood in this place, ^aoand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 ^apthen I will let you dwell in this place, ^aqin the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.