The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

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!

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice {is} to the sons of man.

We then, {as} workers together {with him}, beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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; {to retain: or, to acknowledge} {a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind}

But wisdom is justified of all her children.

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.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: {understanding: Heb. heart}

The works of the LORD {are} great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

A wise man's heart {is} at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. {wisdom: Heb. an heart}

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. {instruction: or, correction} {heareth: or, obeyeth} {getteth...: Heb. possesseth an heart}

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {standing: Gr. consisting}