A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

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Proverbs 18:2 A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.

Proverbs 26:12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Isaiah 8:20 To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

Jeremiah 8:9 The wise men are confounded, they are dismayed, and taken: for they have cast away the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.

Matthew 6:22,23 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome. . . .

Matthew 11:25-27 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. . . .

Romans 1:21-28 Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God or given thanks: but became vain in their thoughts. And their foolish heart was darkened. . . .

Romans 9:31,32 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:18,19 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.

2 Peter 3:3-5 Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts, . . .

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Proverbs 8:9 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

Proverbs 17:24 Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.

Psalm 119:18,98-100 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law. . . .

Matthew 13:11,12 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. . . .

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.