Psalm 34:11
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11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)
Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.(A)
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)
Footnotes
- 111.10 Gk Syr: Heb them
Proverbs 2:1-9
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(C)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(D)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(E)
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(F)
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path,(G)
Psalm 32:8
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8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(A)
Isaiah 28:9
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9 “Whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from milk,
those taken from the breast?(A)
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Matthew 18:2-4
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2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(A) 4 Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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Proverbs 7:24
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24 And now, my children, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.(A)
Proverbs 4:1
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Psalm 66:16
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16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(A)
Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.(A)
2 Timothy 3:15
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15 and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Mark 10:14-16
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14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. 15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”(A) 16 And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.(B)
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Proverbs 8:32
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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1
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9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)
10 Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.(B)
12 Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
John 13:33
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33 Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’(A)
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