James 1:5
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5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.
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Proverbs 2:3-6
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3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 (A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 (B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 (C)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
John 15:7
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7 If you abide in Me, and My words (A)abide in you, (B)you[a] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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- John 15:7 NU omits you will
Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart.
Proverbs 3:5-7
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5 (A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
(B)And lean not on your own understanding;
6 (C)In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [a]direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own (D)eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
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- Proverbs 3:6 Or make smooth or straight
1 Kings 3:7-12
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7 Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a (A)little child; I do not know how (B)to go out or come in. 8 And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You (C)have chosen, a great people, (D)too numerous to be numbered or counted. 9 (E)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (F)to judge Your people, that I may (G)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have (H)not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, 12 (I)behold, I have done according to your words; (J)see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
2 Chronicles 1:10
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10 (A)Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may (B)go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”
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1 John 5:14-15
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Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that (A)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
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Matthew 7:7-11
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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(A)
7 (B)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For (C)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 (D)Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, (E)being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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John 16:23-24
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23 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. (A)Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, (B)that your joy may be (C)full.
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James 5:16
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16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
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- James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
- James 5:16 supplication
John 14:13
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13 (A)And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be (B)glorified in the Son.
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1 Chronicles 22:12
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12 Only may the Lord (A)give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
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Exodus 31:6
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6 “And I, indeed I, have appointed with him (A)Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the (B)gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Exodus 31:3
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3 And I have (A)filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
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1 John 3:22
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22 And (A)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (B)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
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James 3:17
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17 But (A)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (B)without partiality (C)and without hypocrisy.
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John 4:10
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10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the (A)gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you (B)living water.”
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Matthew 11:20
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Woe to the Impenitent Cities(A)
20 (B)Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
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Daniel 2:18-22
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18 (A)that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel (B)in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said:
(C)“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
(D)For wisdom and might are His.
21 And He changes (E)the times and the seasons;
(F)He removes kings and raises up kings;
(G)He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
22 (H)He reveals deep and secret things;
(I)He knows what is in the darkness,
And (J)light dwells with Him.
Jeremiah 1:6-7
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6 Then said I:
(A)“Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me:
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
For you shall go to all to whom I send you,
And (B)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Proverbs 9:4-6
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4 “Whoever(A) is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come,(B) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
Job 28:12-28
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12 “But(A) where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 Man does not know its (B)value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 (C)The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 It (D)cannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Neither (E)gold nor crystal can equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for [a]jewelry of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of [b]coral or quartz,
For the price of wisdom is above (F)rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure (G)gold.
20 “From(H) where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the [c]air.
22 (I)Destruction[d] and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’
23 God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And (J)sees under the whole heavens,
25 (K)To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
26 When He (L)made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
27 Then He saw [e]wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
28 And to man He said,
‘Behold, (M)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Exodus 36:1-4
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Building the Tabernacle
36 “And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every (A)gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the (B)sanctuary,[a] shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded.”
The People Give More than Enough
2 Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone (C)whose heart [b]was stirred, to come and do the work. 3 And they received from Moses all the (D)offering which the children of Israel (E)had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. 4 Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,
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- Exodus 36:1 holy place
- Exodus 36:2 lifted him up
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