Psalm 119:66
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66 Teach me good judgment and (A)knowledge,
For I believe Your commandments.
Philippians 1:9
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9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
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Proverbs 2:1-9
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My son, if you receive my words,
And (A)treasure my commands within you,
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 (B)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 (C)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 (D)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(E)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
8 He guards the paths of justice,
And (F)preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
James 3:13-18
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Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom
13 (A)Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have (B)bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, (C)do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 (D)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For (E)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But (F)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (G)without partiality (H)and without hypocrisy. 18 (I)Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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- James 3:14 selfish ambition
Psalm 119:128
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128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.
1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
Matthew 13:11
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11 He answered and said to them, “Because (A)it has been given to you to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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- Matthew 13:11 secret or hidden truths
Isaiah 11:2-4
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2 (A)The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But (B)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (C)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Psalm 119:34
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34 (A)Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Nehemiah 9:13-14
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13 “You(A) came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them (B)just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
14 You made known to them Your (C)holy Sabbath,
And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws,
By the hand of Moses Your servant.
Proverbs 8:20
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20 I [a]traverse the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
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- Proverbs 8:20 walk about on
Psalm 119:172
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172 My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.
Psalm 119:160
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160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
Psalm 72:1-2
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Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (A)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the (A)wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
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Judges 3:15
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15 But when the children of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a (B)left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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