Proverbs 10:21

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

¹⁶Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

²⁹because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.

⁹Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs. ¹⁰The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

¹⁹When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

³Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands. ⁴Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.

⁴A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

³¹Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

²¹“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel. ²²After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

¹²I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.