Psalms 50:17

50:17 For you hate instruction

and reject my words.

Job 21:14

21:14 So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us!

We do not want to know your ways.

Proverbs 1:7

Introduction to the Theme of the Book

1:7 Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22

1:22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté?

How long will mockers delight in mockery

and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 28:9

28:9 The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law,

even his prayer is an abomination.

Ephesians 2:13-14

2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 2:14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,