Proverbs 10:21

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will ...

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;