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)
Proverbs 3:1
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Admonition to Trust and Honor God
3 My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,(A)
Proverbs 1:3
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3 for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
righteousness, justice, and equity;(A)
Proverbs 4:1
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John 12:47-48
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47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.(A) 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,(B)
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Proverbs 7:1
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The False Attractions of Adultery
7 My child, keep my words
and store up my commandments with you;(A)
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
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6 Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. 7 Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.(A) 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem[a] on your forehead,(B) 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.(C)
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Proverbs 4:20-22
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20 My child, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.(A)
22 For they are life to those who find them
and healing to all their flesh.(B)
Proverbs 6:21
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21 Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them around your neck.(A)
Psalm 119:9-11
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9 How can young people keep their way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.(A)
10 With my whole heart I seek you;
do not let me stray from your commandments.(B)
11 I treasure your word in my heart,
so that I may not sin against you.(C)
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](A)
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- 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
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.
Luke 2:19
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19 and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.(A)
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