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Proverbs 2:2
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Proverbs 2:2
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2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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Proverbs 2:2
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Proverbs 2:2
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2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding(A)—
Proverbs 23:12
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Proverbs 23:12
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12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 23:12
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Proverbs 23:12
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Saying 12
12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 18:1
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Proverbs 18:1
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18 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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Proverbs 18:1
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Proverbs 18:1
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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
Psalm 119:111-112
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Psalm 119:111-112
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111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
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Psalm 119:111-112
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Psalm 119:111-112
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Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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Proverbs 22:17-21
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Proverbs 22:17-21
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17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
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Proverbs 22:17-21
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Proverbs 22:17-21
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
17 Pay attention(A) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(B)
apply your heart to what I teach,(C)
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(D)
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
Isaiah 55:3
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Isaiah 55:3
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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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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom(A) and to observe the labor that is done on earth(B)—people getting no sleep day or night—
Ecclesiastes 8:9
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[a] hurt.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Acts 17:11
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Acts 17:11
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11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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Acts 17:11
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Acts 17:11
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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)
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