They are all (A)straight to him who understands,
    and right to those who find knowledge.

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To the discerning all of them are right;
    they are upright to those who have found knowledge.

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(A)A scoffer seeks wisdom (B)in vain,
    but (C)knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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(A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask God, (C)who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(A) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(B)

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45 It is written in the Prophets, (A)‘And they will all be (B)taught by God.’ (C)Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—

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45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[a](A) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

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  1. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

11 And he answered them, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 (C)For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, (D)even what he has will be taken away.

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11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.(C)

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18 Whoever (A)isolates himself seeks his own desire;
    he breaks out against all sound judgment.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only (B)in expressing his opinion.

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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)

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24 The path of life leads upward (A)for the prudent,
    that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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12 Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him (A)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
13 His soul shall (B)abide in well-being,
    and his (C)offspring (D)shall inherit the land.
14 (E)The friendship[a] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.

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  1. Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel

12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?(A)
    He will instruct them in the ways(B) they should choose.[a]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,(C)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.(D)
14 The Lord confides(E) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known(F) to them.

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  1. Psalm 25:12 Or ways he chooses

14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The (C)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(C) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,

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17 (A)If anyone's will is to do God's[a] will, (B)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I (C)am speaking on my own authority.

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  1. John 7:17 Greek his

17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(A) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

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Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
    (A)Has the Lord grown impatient?[a]
    Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
    to him who walks uprightly?

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  1. Micah 2:7 Hebrew Has the spirit of the Lord grown short?

You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(A)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(B)

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  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

(A)And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
(B)the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it

And a highway(A) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;(B)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean(C) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.

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15 An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
    and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
    for the ears of the wise seek it out.

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