Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalm 111:10
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have (B)a good understanding.
His (C)praise endures forever!
Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 9:10
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and (B)the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Proverbs 3:7
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Deuteronomy 4:6
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6 (A)Keep them and do them, for (B)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
James 3:13-17
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Wisdom from Above
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? (A)By his good conduct let him show his works (B)in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter (C)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (D)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (E)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But (F)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (G)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (H)full of mercy and good fruits, (I)impartial and (J)sincere.
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Psalm 34:14
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Proverbs 16:17
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17 The highway of the upright (A)turns aside from evil;
whoever guards his way preserves his life.
Isaiah 1:16
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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
Deuteronomy 29:29
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29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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1 Peter 3:11
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11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
let him seek peace and pursue it.
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
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Proverbs 13:14
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14 The teaching of the wise is (A)a fountain of life,
that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 8:26-32
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26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
27 When he (A)established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew (B)a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he (C)made firm the skies above,
when he established[a] the fountains of the deep,
29 when he (D)assigned to the sea its (E)limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out (F)the foundations of the earth,
30 then (G)I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his[b] (H)delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31 (I)rejoicing in his (J)inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Proverbs 8:30 Or daily filled with
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