The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: