Proverbs 2:7
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7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(A)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
James 3:15-17
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15 (A)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For (B)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But (C)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (D)without partiality (E)and without hypocrisy.
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Proverbs 30:5
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:5 tested, refined, found pure
Psalm 84:11
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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(C)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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Avoid Worldly Wisdom
18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
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1 Corinthians 1:19
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19 For it is written:
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
1 Corinthians 1:30
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30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and (A)righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
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Proverbs 28:18
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18 Whoever walks blamelessly will be [a]saved,
But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:18 delivered
Proverbs 14:8
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
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15 and that from childhood you have known (A)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 (B)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, (C)and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 (D)that the man of God may be complete, (E)thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 3:16 training, discipline
Colossians 2:3
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3 (A)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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1 Corinthians 2:6-7
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Spiritual Wisdom
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God [a]ordained before the ages for our glory,
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- 1 Corinthians 2:7 predetermined
Psalm 144:2
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2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my deliverer,
My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues [a]my people under me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:2 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Syr., Tg. the peoples (cf. 18:47)
1 Corinthians 1:24
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24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ (A)the power of God and (B)the wisdom of God.
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Proverbs 8:14
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14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, (A)I have strength.
Job 28:8
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8 The [a]proud lions have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
Footnotes
- Job 28:8 Lit. sons of pride, figurative of the great lions
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