Proverbs 14:18
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18 The simple inherit folly,
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
1 Peter 5:4
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4 and when (A)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (B)the crown of glory that does not fade away.
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1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
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- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
2 Timothy 4:8
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8 Finally, there is laid up for me (A)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (B)Judge, will give to me (C)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
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Matthew 23:29-32
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29 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [a]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (B)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (C)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt.
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- Matthew 23:29 decorate
Daniel 12:3
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3 Those who are wise shall (A)shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
(B)And those who turn many to righteousness
(C)Like the stars forever and ever.
Jeremiah 44:17
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17 But we will certainly do (A)whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the (B)queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of [a]food, were well-off, and saw no trouble.
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- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit. bread
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.”
Proverbs 11:29-30
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29 He who troubles his own house (A)will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be (B)servant to the wise of heart.
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- Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
Proverbs 4:7-9
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7 (A)Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
8 (B)Exalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (C)an ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise shall inherit glory,
But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
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