Proverbs 17:16
"Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?"
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- Proverbs 21:25
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 23:23
"Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 5:29
"O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 8:4
"Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:15
"The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge."
Read in chapter → - Acts 28:26
"Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 6:1
"We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."
Read in chapter → - John 3:20
"For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:6
"A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 81:11
"But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me."
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