Hosea 14:9
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9 Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (A)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.
Proverbs 10:29
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29 The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
But (A)destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 107:43
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43 (A)Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
John 8:47
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47 (A)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
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Proverbs 1:5-6
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5 (A)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will [a]attain wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their (B)riddles.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:5 acquire
Zephaniah 3:5
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5 The Lord is righteous in her midst,
He will do no unrighteousness.
[a]Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He never fails,
But (A)the unjust knows no shame.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:5 Lit. Morning by morning
Daniel 12:10
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10 (A)Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, (B)but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but (C)the wise shall understand.
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Jeremiah 9:12
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12 (A)Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?
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Psalm 19:7-8
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect, [a]converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making (B)wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:7 restoring
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 He is (A)the Rock, (B)His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
(C)A God of truth and (D)without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
John 18:37
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37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, (A)that I should bear (B)witness to the truth. Everyone who (C)is of the truth (D)hears My voice.”
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Luke 2:34
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34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the (A)fall and rising of many in Israel, and for (B)a sign which will be spoken against
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Isaiah 26:7
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:7 Or make level
Psalm 119:128
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128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:75
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75 I know, O Lord, (A)that Your judgments are [a]right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:75 Lit. righteous
Genesis 18:25
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25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so (A)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
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1 Peter 2:7-8
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7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [a]are disobedient,
(A)“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
(B)“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
(C)They stumble, being disobedient to the word, (D)to which they also were appointed.
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- 1 Peter 2:7 NU disbelieve
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (G)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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2 Corinthians 2:15-16
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15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ (A)among those who are being saved and (B)among those who are perishing. 16 (C)To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And (D)who is sufficient for these things?
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Romans 9:32-33
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32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, [a]by the works of the law. For (A)they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it is written:
(B)“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And (C)whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:32 NU by works, omitting of the law
Romans 7:12
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12 Therefore (A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
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John 15:24
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24 If I had not done among them (A)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (B)seen and also hated both Me and My Father.
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John 9:39
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39 And Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I have come into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
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John 3:19-20
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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
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Luke 7:23
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23 And blessed is he who is not [a]offended because of Me.”
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- Luke 7:23 caused to stumble
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