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Proverbs 22:17
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Proverbs 22:17
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Sayings of the Wise
17 The words of the wise:
Incline your ear and hear my words[a]
and apply your mind to my teaching,
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- 22.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise
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 Apply your mind to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.(A)
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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Admonition to Trust and Honor God
3 My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,(A)
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 So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.(A)
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 turned my mind to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the sum of things and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness.(A)
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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 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(B)
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 for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
righteousness, justice, and equity;(A)
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 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved;[a] with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”(A)
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- 17.5 Or my beloved Son
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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9 All this I observed, applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while one person exercises authority over another to the other’s hurt.(A)
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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 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.(A)
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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Warning against Impurity and Infidelity
5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my understanding,(A)
2 so that you may hold on to prudence,
and your lips may guard knowledge.
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 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, how one’s eyes see sleep neither day nor 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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