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Psalm 119:144
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Psalm 119:144
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144 Your statutes are always righteous;
give me understanding(A) that I may live.
Psalm 119:144
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Psalm 119:144
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144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Daniel 12:10
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Daniel 12:10
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10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,(A) but the wicked will continue to be wicked.(B) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.(C)
Daniel 12:10
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Daniel 12:10
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10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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Jeremiah 4:22
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Jeremiah 4:22
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22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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Isaiah 27:11
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Isaiah 27:11
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11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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Proverbs 10:21
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Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:21
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Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Psalm 119:169
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Psalm 119:169
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Psalm 119:169
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Psalm 119:169
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169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.
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1 John 5:20-21
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1 John 5:20-21
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1 John 5:20-21
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1 John 5:20-21
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20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C) 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](D)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
1 Peter 1:23-25
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
2 Corinthians 4:6
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 13:19
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Matthew 13:19
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19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom(A) and does not understand it, the evil one(B) comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 13:19
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Matthew 13:19
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19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
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Matthew 5:18
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Matthew 5:18
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18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.(A)
Matthew 5:18
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Matthew 5:18
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18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(C)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a](D)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(E)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(F)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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Psalm 119:152
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Psalm 119:152
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Psalm 119:152
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Psalm 119:152
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152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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