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35 Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

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35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
    happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
    and do not neglect it.
34 Happy is the one who listens to me,
    watching daily at my gates,
    waiting beside my doors.(B)
35 For whoever finds me finds life
    and obtains favor from the Lord,(C)
36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
    all who hate me love death.”(D)

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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)

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19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”[a](A)

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  1. 11.19 Other ancient authorities read children

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.”

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Those who are wise understand these things;
    those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the upright walk in them,
    but transgressors stumble in them.(A)

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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16 Why should fools have a price in hand
    to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(A)

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14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A) 15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.

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  1. 2.14 Or natural

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,

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29 (And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God,[a] having been baptized with John’s baptism.(A)

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  1. 7.29 Or praised God

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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