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Luke 7:35
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Luke 7:35
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35 But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.[a]”
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- 7:35 Or But wisdom is justified by all her children.
Luke 7:35
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Luke 7:35
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35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”
Proverbs 8:32-36
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Proverbs 8:32-36
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32 “And so, my children,[a] listen to me,
for all who follow my ways are joyful.
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise.
Don’t ignore it.
34 Joyful are those who listen to me,
watching for me daily at my gates,
waiting for me outside my home!
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
36 But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”
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- 8:32 Hebrew my sons.
Proverbs 8:32-36
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Proverbs 8:32-36
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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(D) to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(E) find life(F)
and receive favor from the Lord.(G)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(H)
all who hate me love death.”(I)
Matthew 11:19
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Matthew 11:19
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19 The Son of Man,[a] on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”
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- 11:19 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 11:19
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Matthew 11:19
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19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’(A) But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
Hosea 14:9
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Hosea 14:9
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9 Let those who are wise understand these things.
Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the Lord are true and right,
and righteous people live by walking in them.
But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.
Hosea 14:9
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Hosea 14:9
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Proverbs 17:16
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Proverbs 17:16
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16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
Proverbs 17:16
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Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?(A)
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 15 Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(C) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,
Luke 7:29
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Luke 7:29
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29 When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right,[a] for they had been baptized by John.
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- 7:29 Or praised God for his justice.
Luke 7:29
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Luke 7:29
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29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.(A)
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