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Proverbs 1:5
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Proverbs 1:5
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5 Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
Let those with understanding receive guidance
Proverbs 1:5-6
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Proverbs 1:5-6
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5-6 I want those already wise to become wiser and become leaders by exploring the depths of meaning in these nuggets of truth.”
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5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
and let the discerning get guidance—
Proverbs 1:5
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Proverbs 1:5
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5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 3:35
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Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools are put to shame!
Proverbs 3:35
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Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise are promoted to honor, but fools are promoted to shame!
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35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
Proverbs 3:35
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Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Proverbs 9:8-9
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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7-8 If you rebuke a mocker, you will only get a smart retort; yes, he will snarl at you. So don’t bother with him; he will only hate you for trying to help him. But a wise man, when rebuked, will love you all the more. 9 Teach a wise man, and he will be the wiser; teach a good man, and he will learn more.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 10:14
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14 Wise people treasure knowledge,
but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.
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Proverbs 10:14
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14 A wise man holds his tongue. Only a fool blurts out everything he knows; that only leads to sorrow and trouble.
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Proverbs 10:14
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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Proverbs 11:29
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.
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29 The fool who provokes his family to anger and resentment will finally have nothing worthwhile left. He shall be the servant of a wiser man.
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29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 11:29
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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Proverbs 14:3
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Proverbs 14:3
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3 A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him,
but the words of the wise keep them safe.
Proverbs 14:3
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Proverbs 14:3
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3 A rebel’s foolish talk should prick his own pride! But the wise man’s speech is respected.
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Proverbs 14:3
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 The wise are cautious[a] and avoid danger;
fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.
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- 14:16 Hebrew The wise fear.
Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man is cautious and avoids danger; a fool plunges ahead with great confidence.
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Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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