Proverbs 1:24-26

24 aBecause I have called and byou refused to listen,
have cstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25because you have dignored all my counsel
and ewould have none of my reproof,
26I also fwill laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when gterror strikes you,

Proverbs 1:29

29Because they hhated knowledge
and idid not choose the fear of the Lord,

Matthew 13:19

19When anyone hears the word of jthe kingdom and kdoes not understand it, lthe evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Mark 4:15

15And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

Luke 8:5

5 m“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.

James 1:23-24

23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
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