Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for (A)lack of sense.
Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
Matthew 13:19
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19 When anyone hears the word of (A)the kingdom and (B)does not understand it, (C)the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
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Fear God and Keep His Commandments
9 Besides being wise, (A)the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging (B)many proverbs with great care. 10 (C)The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
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Proverbs 1:29
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Job 4:3-4
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3 Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have (A)strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have (B)made firm the feeble knees.
Proverbs 15:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Or healing
Proverbs 5:23
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Proverbs 5:12
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Proverbs 1:31
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Job 29:21-22
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21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word (A)dropped upon them.
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have (A)treasured the words of his mouth more than my (B)portion of food.
John 3:19-20
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19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil. 20 (E)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (F)lest his works should be exposed.
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Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, (A)and I ate them,
and (B)your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
(C)for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.
Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus and Peter
15 When they had (A)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, (B)“Simon, (C)son of John, (D)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed (E)my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, (F)“Tend (G)my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (H)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (I)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (J)my sheep.
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Jeremiah 3:15
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15 “‘And (A)I will give you shepherds after my own heart, (B)who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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Psalm 37:30
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30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice.
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