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Proverbs 22:17
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Proverbs 22:17
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Sayings of the Wise
17 Listen to the words of the wise;
apply your heart to my instruction.
Proverbs 22:17
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Proverbs 22:17
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Proverbs 23:12
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Proverbs 23:12
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12 Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully 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 3:1
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Proverbs 3:1
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Trusting in the Lord
3 My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
Store my commands in your heart.
Proverbs 3:1
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Proverbs 3:1
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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12 Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Proverbs 2:2-5
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Proverbs 2:2-5
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2 Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
3 Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:2-5
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Proverbs 2:2-5
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2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding(A)—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight(B)
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,(C)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(D)
Proverbs 1:3
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Proverbs 1:3
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3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
Proverbs 1:3
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Proverbs 1:3
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3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
doing what is right and just and fair;
Matthew 17:5
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Matthew 17:5
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5 But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
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Matthew 17:5
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Matthew 17:5
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5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.(A) Listen to him!”(B)
Ecclesiastes 8:9
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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The Wicked and the Righteous
9 I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.
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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
Proverbs 8:33-34
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Proverbs 8:33-34
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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!
Proverbs 8:33-34
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Proverbs 8:33-34
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33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(A) to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
Proverbs 5:1-2
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Proverbs 5:1-2
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Avoid Immoral Women
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen carefully to my wise counsel.
2 Then you will show discernment,
and your lips will express what you’ve learned.
Proverbs 5:1-2
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Proverbs 5:1-2
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Warning Against Adultery
Isaiah 55:3
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Isaiah 55:3
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3 “Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people’s burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and 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—
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