Proverbs 3:21-23

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²¹Maintain sound wisdom and discretion.
My son, don’t lose sight of them.^(A)
²²They will be life for you^[a]^(B)
and adornment^[b] for your neck.
²³Then you will go safely on your way;
your foot will not stumble.^(C)

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3:22 Or be your throat
3:22 Or grace

Proverbs 8:4

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⁴“People, I call out to you;
my cry is to the children of Adam.

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Proverbs 8:5

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⁵Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.

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Ephesians 5:6

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Light versus Darkness

⁶Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath^(A) is coming on the disobedient^[a] because of these things.

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5:6 Lit sons of disobedience

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Colossians 2:8

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⁸Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,^(A) based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.^(B)

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