¹² But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

²³ He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.