Psalm 119:34
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34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.(A)
Matthew 7:24
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Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(A)
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James 1:5
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5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.(A)
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Proverbs 2:5-6
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5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(A)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(B)
James 1:25
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25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(A)
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Psalm 119:73
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73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.(A)
Psalm 119:69
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69 The arrogant smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.(A)
Psalm 119:58
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58 I implore your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.(A)
Psalm 119:10
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10 With my whole heart I seek you;
do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)
James 4:11
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Warning against Judging Another
11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another speaks evil against the law and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.(A)
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James 3:13-18
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Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.(A) 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(B) 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(C) 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(D) 18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(E)
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- 3.18 Or justice
James 2:8-12
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.(A) 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.(B) 11 For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of[a] the law.(C) 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.(D)
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- 2.11 Other ancient authorities read a rebel against
John 7:17
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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)
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Matthew 5:19
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19 Therefore, whoever breaks[a] one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.(A)
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- 5.19 Or annuls
Psalm 111:10
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10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it[a] have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever.(A)
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- 111.10 Gk Syr: Heb them
Job 28:28
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28 And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”(A)
Deuteronomy 4:6
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6 You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’(A)
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