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Proverbs 2:2
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Proverbs 2:2
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2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
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 your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.
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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The Name of the Lord Is a Strong Tower
18 A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire;
He rages against all [a]wise judgment.
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- Proverbs 18:1 sound wisdom
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 (A)Your testimonies I have taken as a [a]heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
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- Psalm 119:111 inheritance
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 (A)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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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Sayings of the Wise
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
20 Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
21 (A)That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
(B)That you may answer words of truth
To those who [a]send to you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:21 Or send you
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 (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,
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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 I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules 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 8:9 Or to their
Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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25 (A)I applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
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 [a]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and (A)searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
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- Acts 17:11 Lit. noble
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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