Proverbs 10:21

21The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for alack of sense.

Isaiah 6:9-10

9And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

b“‘Keep on hearing,
Or Hear indeed
but do not understand;
keep on seeing,
Or see indeed
but do not perceive.’
10 eMake the heart of this people fdull,
Hebrew fat

and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
hlest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 27:11

11When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
iFor 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.

Jeremiah 4:22

22 For jmy people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
kThey are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”

Daniel 12:10

10 lMany shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but mthe wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, nbut those who are wise shall understand.

Hosea 4:6

6My people are destroyed ofor lack of knowledge;
pbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you qfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
rI also will forget your children.

Matthew 13:19

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