Bible Cross References
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Proverbs 17:16
It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.
Isaiah 28:9-13
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They complain about me. They say, "Who does that man think he's teaching? Who needs his message? It's only good for babies that have just stopped nursing!
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He is trying to teach us letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson."
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If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson.
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He offered rest and comfort to all of you, but you refused to listen to him.
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That is why the LORD is going to teach you letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson. Then you will stumble with every step you take. You will be wounded, trapped, and taken prisoner.
Isaiah 29:11
The meaning of every prophetic vision will be hidden from you; it will be like a sealed scroll. If you take it to someone who knows how to read and ask him to read it to you, he will say he can't because it is sealed.
Isaiah 29:12
If you give it to someone who can't read and ask him to read it to you, he will answer that he doesn't know how.
Jeremiah 5:3-5
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Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
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Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
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I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do." But all of them have rejected the LORD's authority and refuse to obey him.
Matthew 11:16-19
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"Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,
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'We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
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When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, 'He has a demon in him!'
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When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."
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Zechariah 8:5
And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.