The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.(Psalm 14:2-3, NIV)
How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?(Psalm 82:2, NIV)
Indeed, the wicked will perish. The LORD's enemies will be consumed like flowers in the fields. They will vanish like smoke.(Psalm 37:20, ISV)
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!(Heb 10:31, HCSB)
Carefully consider your ways.(Haggai 1:7, ISV)
How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?(Exo 10:3, NASB)
It is God alone who judges; He decides who will rise and who will fall... For God says, 'I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.'(Psalm 75:7-10, NLT)
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you... Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD... therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way... For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.(Prov 1:22-33, NKJV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.(Prov 9:10, KJV)
Someone whose conduct is upright fears the LORD, but whoever is devious in his ways despises Him.(Prov 14:2, ISV)
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.(Prov 13:13, ESV)
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!.. The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.(Psalm 1:1-5, NASB)
If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.(Prov 9:12, NLT)
From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.(Prov 12:14, NIV)
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.(Prov 10:21, NKJV)
