Proverbs 17:24
New Living Translation
24 Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,
but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
New Living Translation
14 For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
New Living Translation
8 How wonderful to be wise,
to analyze and interpret things.
Wisdom lights up a person’s face,
softening its harshness.
1 John 2:16
New Living Translation
16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
New Living Translation
9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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Proverbs 14:6
New Living Translation
6 A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,
but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
John 7:17
New Living Translation
17 Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.
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Proverbs 23:5
New Living Translation
5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 15:14
New Living Translation
14 A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
while the fool feeds on trash.
Psalm 119:37
New Living Translation
37 Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[a]
Footnotes
- 119:37 Some manuscripts read in your ways.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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