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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)
Proverbs 17:16
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Proverbs 17:16
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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Proverbs 23:23
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Proverbs 23:23
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23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(A)
Proverbs 23:23
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Proverbs 23:23
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23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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Proverbs 18:15
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Proverbs 18:15
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15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 18:15
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Proverbs 18:15
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15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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Proverbs 8:4-5
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Proverbs 8:4-5
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Proverbs 8:4-5
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Proverbs 8:4-5
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4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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6 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
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Acts 28:26-27
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Acts 28:26-27
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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(A)
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](B)
Footnotes
- Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Acts 28:26-27
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Acts 28:26-27
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26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Deuteronomy 5:29
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Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(A) and keep all my commands(B) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(C)
Deuteronomy 5:29
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Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
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Acts 13:46
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Acts 13:46
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46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.(A) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.(B)
Acts 13:46
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Acts 13:46
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46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
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John 3:20
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John 3:20
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20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(A)
John 3:20
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John 3:20
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20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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Hosea 4:11
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Hosea 4:11
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Hosea 4:11
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Hosea 4:11
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11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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Isaiah 55:1-3
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Isaiah 55:1-3
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Invitation to the Thirsty
55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,(A)
come to the waters;(B)
and you who have no money,
come, buy(C) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk(D)
without money and without cost.(E)
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?(F)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(G)
and you will delight in the richest(H) of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen,(I) that you may live.(J)
I will make an everlasting covenant(K) with you,
my faithful love(L) promised to David.(M)
Isaiah 55:1-3
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Isaiah 55:1-3
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55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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Proverbs 14:6
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Proverbs 14:6
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6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)
Proverbs 14:6
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Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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