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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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1 Corinthians 1 18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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2 Corinthians 4 2-2 Corinthians 4 3
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
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1 Corinthians 16 22
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!
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2 Peter 2 12
But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,
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John 8:45-47
But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
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Romans 16:18
For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
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2 Corinthians 11 15
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
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Romans 2:7-8
eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness— indignation and wrath,
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1 Timothy 2 4
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Romans 6:17
But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
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John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
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Proverbs 2:1-6
My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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Proverbs 4:5-6
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
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2 Corinthians 2 15
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
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Romans 10:1
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
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John 5:34
Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
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Matthew 13:11
He answered and said to them,“ Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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2 Corinthians 11 13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 2 16
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
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2 Corinthians 2 17
For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
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John 3:19-21
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
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Ephesians 4:14
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
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Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another daily, while it is called“ Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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2 Peter 2 18
For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.
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James 1:16-18
Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
