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Proverbs 8:9
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Proverbs 8:9
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9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
Proverbs 8:9
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Proverbs 8:9
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9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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Proverbs 14:6
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Proverbs 14:6
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6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)
Proverbs 14:6
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Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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James 1:5
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James 1:5
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5 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)
James 1:5
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James 1:5
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5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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John 7:17
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John 7:17
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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.
John 7:17
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John 7:17
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17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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John 6:45
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John 6:45
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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.
Footnotes
- John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
John 6:45
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John 6:45
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45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
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Matthew 13:11-12
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Matthew 13:11-12
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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)
Matthew 13:11-12
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Matthew 13:11-12
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11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
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Proverbs 18:1-2
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Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)
Proverbs 18:1-2
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Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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Proverbs 15:24
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Proverbs 15:24
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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.
Proverbs 15:24
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Proverbs 15:24
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24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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Psalm 25:12-14
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Psalm 25:12-14
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Psalm 25:12-14
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Psalm 25:12-14
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12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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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,
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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Micah 2:7
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Micah 2:7
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7 You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
“Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
Does he do such things?”
Footnotes
- Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord
Micah 2:7
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Micah 2:7
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7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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Isaiah 35:8
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Isaiah 35:8
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Isaiah 35:8
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Isaiah 35:8
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8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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Proverbs 18:15
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Proverbs 18:15
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15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 18:15
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Proverbs 18:15
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15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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