Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 1:8
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
Psalm 34:11
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11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)
Hebrews 2:1
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Warning to Pay Attention
2 Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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Proverbs 22:17
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Sayings of the Wise
17 The words of the wise:
Incline your ear and hear my words[a]
and apply your mind to my teaching,
Footnotes
- 22.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise
Proverbs 5:1
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Warning against Impurity and Infidelity
5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my understanding,(A)
Proverbs 2:1-5
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(C)
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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11 As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children, 12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.(A)
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)
Proverbs 8:32-36
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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34 Happy is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.(B)
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,(C)
36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
all who hate me love death.”(D)
Proverbs 7:4
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4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
Proverbs 6:20-23
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
21 Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them around your neck.(B)
22 When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
when you lie down, they[b] will watch over you;
and when you awake, they[c] will talk with you.(C)
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,(D)
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