Bible Verses About Ignorance: General references

"Can you penetrate God's depths? Can you find out Shaddai's limits?

They're as high as heaven; what can you do? They're deeper than Sh'ol; what can you know?

"But where can wisdom be found? Where is the source of understanding?

No one knows its value, and it can't be found in the land of the living.

"So where does wisdom come from? where is the source of understanding,

inasmuch as it is hidden from the eyes of all living and kept secret from the birds flying around in the sky?

Do you know how God puts them in place, how he causes lightning to flash from his cloud?

Do you know how he balances the clouds? These are marvels of him who knows everything!

For I was at the window of my house, glancing out through the lattice,

when I saw among the young men there, among those who don't think for themselves, a young fellow devoid of all sense.

He crosses the street near her corner and continues on toward her house.

Dusk turns into evening, and finally night, dark and black.

Then a woman approaches him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.

She's the coarse, impulsive type, whose feet don't stay at home;

rather, she stalks the streets and squares, lurking at every streetcorner.

She grabs him, gives him a kiss, and, brazen-faced, she says to him,

"I had to offer peace sacrifices, and I fulfilled my vows today.

This is why I came out to meet you, to look for you; now I've found you.

I've spread quilts on my couch made of colored Egyptian linen.

I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Come on, let's make love till morning; we'll enjoy making love.

My husband isn't at home, he's gone on a long trip;

he took a bag of money with him and won't be back till the moon is full."

With all her sweet talk she convinces him, enticing him with her seductive words.

At once he follows her like an ox on its way to be slaughtered; like a fool to be punished in the stocks;