Proverbs 14:6

14:6 The scorner ¹  seeks wisdom but finds none, ² 

but understanding is easy ³  for a discerning person.

Daniel 12:4

12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, ⁴  and knowledge will increase.”

Matthew 11:25-27

Jesus’ Invitation

11:25 At that time Jesus said, ⁵  “I praise ⁶  you, Father, Lord ⁷  of heaven and earth, because ⁸  you have hidden these things from the wise ⁹  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. 11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ¹⁰  11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ¹¹  No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ¹²  to reveal him.

Matthew 12:30

12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, ¹³  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ¹⁴ 

Matthew 24:23-26

24:23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ¹⁵  or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him. 24:24 For false messiahs ¹⁶  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 24:25 Remember, ¹⁷  I have told you ahead of time. 24:26 So then, if someone ¹⁸  says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ ¹⁹  do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

Romans 9:31-33

9:31 but Israel even though pursuing ²⁰  a law of righteousness ²¹  did not attain it. ²²  9:32 Why not? Because they pursued ²³  it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. ²⁴  They stumbled over the stumbling stone, ²⁵  9:33 just as it is written,

“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble

and a rock that will make them fall, ²⁶ 

yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ²⁷ 

Romans 11:7-10

11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ²⁸  rest were hardened, 11:8 as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

to this very day.” ²⁹ 

11:9 And David says,

“Let their table become a snare and trap,

a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see,

and make their backs bend continually.” ³⁰ 

Romans 11:2

11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Romans 3:6-7

3:6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? 3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ³¹  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

[14:6]  ¹ sn The “scorner” (לֵץ, lets) is intellectually arrogant; he lacks any serious interest in knowledge or religion. He pursues wisdom in a superficial way so that he can appear wise. The acquisition of wisdom is conditioned by one’s attitude toward it (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 149).

[14:6]  ² tn Heb “and there is not.”

[14:6]  ³ sn The Niphal of קָלַל (qalal) means “to appear light; to appear trifling; to appear easy.”

[12:4]  ⁴ tn Or “will run back and forth”; KJV “shall run to and fro”; NIV “will go here and there”; CEV “will go everywhere.”

[11:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “At that time, answering, Jesus said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[11:25]  ⁶ tn Or “thank.”

[11:25]  ⁷ sn The title Lord is an important name for God, showing his sovereignty, but it is interesting that it comes next to a reference to the Father, a term indicative of God’s care. The two concepts are often related in the NT; see Eph 1:3-6.

[11:25]  ⁸ tn Or “that.”

[11:25]  ⁹ sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31.

[11:26]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

[11:27]  ¹¹ sn This verse has been noted for its conceptual similarity to teaching in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined.

[11:27]  ¹² tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.

[12:30]  ¹³ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

[12:30]  ¹⁴ sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

[24:23]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:24]  ¹⁶ tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:25]  ¹⁷ tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”

[24:26]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).

[24:26]  ¹⁹ tn Or “in the desert.”

[9:31]  ²⁰ tn Or “who pursued.” The participle could be taken adverbially or adjectivally.

[9:31]  ²¹ tn Or “a legal righteousness,” that is, a righteousness based on law. This translation would treat the genitive δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosunh") as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-91).

[9:31]  ²² tn Grk “has not attained unto the law.”

[9:32]  ²³ tn Grk “Why? Because not by faith but as though by works.” The verb (“they pursued [it]”) is to be supplied from the preceding verse for the sake of English style; yet a certain literary power is seen in Paul’s laconic style.

[9:32]  ²⁴ tc Most mss, especially the later ones (א² D Ψ 33 Ï sy), read νόμου (nomou, “of the law”) here, echoing Paul’s usage in Rom 3:20, 28 and elsewhere. The qualifying phrase is lacking in א* A B F G 6 629 630 1739 1881 pc lat co. The longer reading thus is weaker externally and internally, being motivated apparently by a need to clarify.

[9:32]  ²⁵ tn Grk “the stone of stumbling.”

[9:33]  ²⁶ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

[9:33]  ²⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.

[11:7]  ²⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:8]  ²⁹ sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.

[11:10]  ³⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 69:22-23.

[3:7]  ³¹ tn Grk “abounded unto.”