Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
2 Timothy 2:15
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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[a] a worker (A)who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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- 2 Timothy 2:15 That is, one approved after being tested
Philippians 4:9
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9 What you have learned[a] and (A)received and heard and seen (B)in me—practice these things, and (C)the God of peace will be with you.
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- Philippians 4:9 Or these things—9which things you have also learned
2 Timothy 3:16-17
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16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that (B)the man of God[a] may be complete, (C)equipped (D)for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)
Proverbs 12:1
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Proverbs 9:9
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9 Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (A)still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will (B)increase in learning.
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- Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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