2 Peter 3:15
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15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,(A)
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Romans 2:4
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4 Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?(A)
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2 Peter 3:9
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9 The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,[a] not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.(A)
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- 3.9 Other ancient authorities read on your account
1 Timothy 1:16
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16 But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience as an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.
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1 Peter 3:20
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20 who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight lives, were saved through water.(A)
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James 3:17
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17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(A)
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Luke 21:15
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15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(A)
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- 21.15 Gk a mouth
Proverbs 2:6-7
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6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(A)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(B)
James 1:5
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5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.(A)
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Acts 15:25
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25 we have decided unanimously to choose men and send them to you, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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1 Corinthians 2:13
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13 And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.[a](A)
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- 2.13 Or interpreting spiritual things spiritually or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
Daniel 2:20-21
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20 Daniel said:
“Blessed be the name of God from age to age,
for wisdom and power are his.(A)
21 He changes times and seasons,
deposes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding.(B)
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)
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Ezra 7:25
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25 “And you, Ezra, according to the God-given wisdom you possess, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River who know the laws of your God, and you shall teach those who do not know them.(A)
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1 Kings 4:29
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29 God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,(A)
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1 Kings 3:28
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28 All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.(A)
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1 Kings 3:12
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12 I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.(A)
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Ephesians 3:3
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3 and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words,[a](A)
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- 3.3 Or wrote before in brief
1 Corinthians 12:8
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8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:10
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10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each builder choose with care how to build on it.(A)
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Acts 7:10
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10 and rescued him from all his afflictions and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.(A)
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Exodus 35:35
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35 He has filled them with skill to do every kind of work done by an artisan or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue, purple, and crimson yarns and in fine linen or by a weaver—by any sort of skilled worker or designer.(A)
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Exodus 35:31
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31 he has filled him with a divine spirit,[a] with ability, intelligence, and knowledge, and with every kind of skill,
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- 35.31 Or the spirit of God
Exodus 31:6
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6 Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:(A)
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Exodus 31:3
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3 and I have filled him with a divine spirit,[a] with ability, intelligence, and knowledge, and every kind of skill,
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- 31.3 Or with the spirit of God
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