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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11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him [a]be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”

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  1. Revelation 22:11 NU, M do right

35 And some of those of understanding shall fall, (A)to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

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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.

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20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (B)demons, (C)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders (D)or their [a]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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  1. Revelation 9:21 NU, M drugs

10 and with all unrighteous deception among (A)those who perish, because they did not receive (B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (C)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (D)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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20 And we know that the (A)Son of God has come and (B)has given us an understanding, (C)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (D)This is the true God (E)and eternal life.

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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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17 (A)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

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25 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

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I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

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For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work (A)iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (B)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.

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The Value of Wisdom

My son, if you receive my words,
And (A)treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
(B)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
(C)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.

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18 I counsel you (A)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and (B)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

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that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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10 But (A)God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the (B)spirit of the man which is in him? (C)Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but (D)the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 (E)But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For (F)“who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” (G)But we have the mind of Christ.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy

Just as it is written:

(A)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(B)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

And David says:

(C)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”

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Those who are wise shall (A)shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
(B)And those who turn many to righteousness
(C)Like the stars forever and ever.

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33 And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.

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11 But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.

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(A)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will [a]attain wise counsel,

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  1. Proverbs 1:5 acquire

14 (A)And the armies in heaven, (B)clothed in [a]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.

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  1. Revelation 19:14 NU, M pure white linen

And (A)to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, (B)for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

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11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

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13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in (A)white robes, and where did they come from?”

14 And I said to him, [a]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, (B)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and (C)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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  1. Revelation 7:14 NU, M My lord

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