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Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
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- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Proverbs 1:8
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Proverbs 1:8
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A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 1:8
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Proverbs 1:8
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Psalm 34:11
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Psalm 34:11
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11 Come, my children, and listen to me,
and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
Psalm 34:11
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Psalm 34:11
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Hebrews 2:1
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Hebrews 2:1
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A Warning against Drifting Away
2 So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
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Hebrews 2:1
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Hebrews 2:1
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Warning to Pay Attention
2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(A)
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 2:1-5
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Proverbs 2:1-5
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The Benefits of Wisdom
2 My child,[a] listen to what I say,
and treasure my commands.
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.
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- 2:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 2:1-5
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Proverbs 2:1-5
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Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son,(A) if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding(B)—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight(C)
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,(D)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(E)
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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11 And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children. 12 We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.
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1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(A) 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(B) of God, who calls(C) you into his kingdom and glory.
Proverbs 5:1
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Proverbs 5:1
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Avoid Immoral Women
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen carefully to my wise counsel.
Proverbs 5:1
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Proverbs 5:1
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.
Proverbs 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
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Proverbs 8:32-36
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Proverbs 8:32-36
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32 “And so, my children,[a] listen to me,
for all who follow my ways are joyful.
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!
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
36 But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”
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- 8:32 Hebrew my sons.
Proverbs 8:32-36
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Proverbs 8:32-36
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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(D) to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(E) find life(F)
and receive favor from the Lord.(G)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(H)
all who hate me love death.”(I)
Proverbs 7:4
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Proverbs 7:4
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4 Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
Proverbs 7:4
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Proverbs 7:4
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4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
Proverbs 6:20-23
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Proverbs 6:20-23
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20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
21 Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, their counsel will lead you.
When you sleep, they will protect you.
When you wake up, they will advise you.
23 For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
Proverbs 6:20-23
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Proverbs 6:20-23
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Warning Against Adultery
20 My son,(A) keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(B)
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.(C)
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,(D)
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,(E)
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