15 Good understanding [a]gains (A)favor,
But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 gives

19 (A)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.

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(A)And so find favor and [a]high esteem
In the sight of God and man.

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  1. Proverbs 3:4 Lit. good understanding

21 (A)What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For (B)the end of those things is death.

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10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, (A)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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19 Your own wickedness will (A)correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the [a]fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:19 dread

10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.

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52 And Jesus (A)increased in wisdom and stature, (B)and in favor with God and men.

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10 (A)Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way,
And (B)he who hates correction will die.

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When (A)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (B)saw My work.
10 For (C)forty years I was [a]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So (D)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

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  1. Psalm 95:10 disgusted

14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and (A)the Lord was with him. 15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But (B)all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

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35 (A)The king’s favor is toward a wise servant,
But his wrath is against him who causes shame.

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