Psa 19:7-8, 119:130, Isa 30:8-11, Jer 8:9, Mic 3:6, Mat 6:23, 22:29 | ESV | STEP | The law of the Lord is perfect , reviving the soul ; the testimony of the Lord is sure , making wise the simple ;

v[See ver. 22 above]

Psalms 19:7-8

7 ^aThe law of the Lord is perfect, ^{▼▼Or blameless}
^creviving the soul;
^dthe testimony of the Lord is ^esure,
^fmaking wise ^gthe simple;
8 ^hthe precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is ⁱpure,
^jenlightening the eyes;

Psalms 119:130

130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts ^kunderstanding to the simple.

Isaiah 30:8-11

A Rebellious People

8 And now, go, ^lwrite it before them on a tablet
and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate, and Greek versions; Masoretic Text forever and ever}
9 ⁿFor they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 ^owho say to ^pthe seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us ^qsmooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11 leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Jeremiah 8:9

9 ^rThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^sand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?

Micah 3:6

6 Therefore ^tit shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without divination.
^uThe sun shall go down on the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;

Matthew 6:23

23 ^vbut if ^wyour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 22:29

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^xbecause you know neither the Scriptures nor ^ythe power of God.