2 Chronicles 9:7
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7 Happy are your wives![a] Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
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- 2 Chronicles 9:7 Septuagint (compare 1 Kings 10:8); Hebrew men
Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, (A)“Blessed rather are those (B)who hear the word of God and (C)keep it!”
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Luke 10:39-42
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39 And she had a sister called (A)Mary, who (B)sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are (C)anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[a] Mary has chosen (D)the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
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- Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for (A)lack of sense.
Proverbs 8:34
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34 (A)Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
Proverbs 3:14
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Proverbs 3:3
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3 Let not (A)steadfast love and (B)faithfulness forsake you;
(C)bind them around your neck;
(D)write them on the tablet of your heart.
Psalm 84:10-12
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10 For a day (A)in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be (B)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is (C)a sun and (D)shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
(E)No good thing does he withhold
from those who (F)walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,
(G)blessed is the one who trusts in you!
Psalm 27:4
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4 (A)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon (C)the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire[a] in his temple.
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- Psalm 27:4 Or meditate
1 Kings 10:8
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8 (A)Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
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Deuteronomy 33:9
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9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
(A)he disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For (B)they observed your word
and kept your covenant.
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