Psalm 34:11
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Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalm 111:10
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have (B)a good understanding.
His (C)praise endures forever!
Proverbs 2:1-9
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The Value of Wisdom
2 (A)My son, (B)if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice (C)for understanding,
4 if you seek it like (D)silver
and search for it as for (E)hidden treasures,
5 then (F)you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For (G)the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is (H)a shield to those who (I)walk in integrity,
8 guarding the paths of justice
and (J)watching over the way of his (K)saints.
9 (L)Then you will understand (M)righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
Psalm 32:8
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8 I will (A)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will (B)counsel you with my eye upon you.
Isaiah 28:9
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9 (A)“To whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk,
those taken from the breast?
Proverbs 8:17
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Matthew 18:2-4
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Proverbs 7:24
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24 And (A)now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:1
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Psalm 66:16
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16 (A)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
Proverbs 22:6
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6 (A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
2 Timothy 3:15
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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Mark 10:14-16
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14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, (A)“Let the children come to me; (B)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 (C)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not (D)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And (E)he took them in his arms and blessed them, (F)laying his hands on them.
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Proverbs 8:32
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Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1
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9 (A)Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. (B)Walk in the ways of your heart and (C)the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things (D)God will bring you into judgment.
10 Remove vexation from your heart, and (E)put away pain[a] from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Remember Your Creator in Your Youth
12 Remember also your Creator in (F)the days of your youth, before (G)the evil days come and the years draw near of which (H)you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Or evil
John 13:33
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33 Little children, (A)yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just (B)as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’
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