Proverbs 4:10
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Admonition to Keep to the Right Path
10 Hear, my child, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.(A)
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Proverbs 3:2
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2 for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you.(A)
Deuteronomy 6:2
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2 so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:20
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20 Hear, O women, the word of the Lord,
and let your ears receive the word of his mouth;
teach to your daughters a dirge
and each to her neighbor a lament.(A)
Proverbs 3:16
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16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.(A)
1 Timothy 1:15
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15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.(A)
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Proverbs 8:10
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10 Take my instruction instead of silver
and knowledge rather than choice gold,(A)
John 3:32-33
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32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.(A) 33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified[a] this, that God is true.(B)
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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 2:1
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
Job 22:22
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22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.(A)
Deuteronomy 5:16
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16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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