Proverbs 12:15
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15 (A)The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man listens to advice.
Proverbs 3:7
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
Proverbs 14:16
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16 (A)One who is wise is cautious[a] and (B)turns away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and careless.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:16 Or fears [the Lord]
Proverbs 14:12
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:12 Hebrew ways of death
Proverbs 1:5
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5 Let the wise hear and (A)increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Proverbs 26:12
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Proverbs 16:25
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25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
Proverbs 16:2
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- Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
Galatians 6:3
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3 For (A)if anyone thinks he is something, (B)when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Proverbs 9:9
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9 Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (A)still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will (B)increase in learning.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction
Proverbs 21:2
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Luke 18:11
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11 The Pharisee, (A)standing by himself, prayed[a] (B)thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
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- Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself
Jeremiah 38:15-28
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15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.” 16 Then King Zedekiah swore (A)secretly to Jeremiah, (B)“As the Lord lives, (C)who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of (D)these men who seek your life.”
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: (E)If you will surrender to (F)the officials of the king of Babylon, (G)then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not surrender to (H)the officials of the king of Babylon, (I)then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, (J)and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.” 19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans (K)who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me.” 20 Jeremiah said, “You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, (L)and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared. 21 But if you refuse to (M)surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me: 22 Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying,
(N)“‘Your trusted friends have deceived you
and prevailed against you;
now that your feet are sunk in the mud,
they turn away from you.’
23 All your wives and (O)your sons shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die. 25 If (P)the officials hear that I have spoken with you and come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death,’ 26 then you shall say to them, (Q)‘I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’” 27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard. 28 And Jeremiah remained (R)in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
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Proverbs 30:12
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12 There are those who are (A)clean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.
Proverbs 28:11
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11 A rich man is wise in his (A)own eyes,
but a poor man who has understanding (B)will find him out.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
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13 Better was (A)a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how (B)to take advice.
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Proverbs 26:16
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