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Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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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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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
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, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)
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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Warning to Pay Attention
2 Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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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 The words of the wise:
Incline your ear and hear my words[a]
and apply your mind to my teaching,
Footnotes
- 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 5:1
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Proverbs 5:1
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Warning against Impurity and Infidelity
5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my understanding,(A)
Proverbs 5:1
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Proverbs 5:1
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 2:1-5
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Proverbs 2:1-5
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
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—(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(C)
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 As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children, 12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.(A)
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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 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)
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 now, my children, listen to me:
happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
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.(B)
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,(C)
36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
all who hate me love death.”(D)
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 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
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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 child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
21 Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them around your neck.(B)
22 When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
when you lie down, they[b] will watch over you;
and when you awake, they[c] will talk with you.(C)
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,(D)
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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