Proverbs 3:1-2
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Proverbs 3:1-2
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3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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Proverbs 9:7-9
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Proverbs 9:7-9
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7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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 10:8
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8 The wise in heart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.(A)
Proverbs 10:8
King James Version
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Proverbs 12:15
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Proverbs 12:15
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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Proverbs 13:13
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Proverbs 13:13
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13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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Proverbs 15:31
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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
will be at home among the wise.(A)
Proverbs 15:31
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31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
King James Version
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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Proverbs 19:16
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16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(A)
Proverbs 19:16
King James Version
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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Proverbs 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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Proverbs 19:25
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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
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Proverbs 19:27
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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
King James Version
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 23:9
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Saying 10
9 Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)
Proverbs 23:9
King James Version
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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