My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
…and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.