The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
…to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?