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Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof[ is] brutish.
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Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
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Proverbs 9:9
Give[ instruction] to a wise[ man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just[ man], and he will increase in learning.
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Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.A fool’s mouth[ is] his destruction, and his lips[ are] the snare of his soul.
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Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with[ my] whole heart.
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James 3:13
Who[ is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
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Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent[ is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools[ is] deceit.
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Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:[ but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of[ his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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Proverbs 1:5
A wise[ man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips[ tendeth] only to penury.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth[ are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.