"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."
—Henri Nouwen in A Cry for Mercy. Christianity Today, Vol. 43, no. 7., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "KNOWLEDGE".
Proverbs 1:7 (TEV) To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the LORD. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn.
Romans 1:28 (NIV) Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
1 Timothy 6:20-21 (NIV) 20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you.
