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Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, instruction and understanding as well.
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Proverbs 21:25-26
Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.All day long they hunger for more. But godly people give without holding back.
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Proverbs 18:15
Those whose hearts understand what is right get knowledge. That’s because the ears of those who are wise listen for it.
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Acts 28:26-27
“‘ Go to your people. Say to them,“ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”These people’s hearts have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn, and then I would heal them.’( Isaiah 6:9, 10)
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Psalms 81:11-13
“ But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.“ I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!
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Proverbs 14:6
Those who make fun of others look for wisdom and don’t find it. But knowledge comes easily to those who understand what is right.
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Proverbs 1:22-23
“ How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?Pay attention to my warning! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you. I will make known to you my teachings.
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Proverbs 8:4-5
“ People, I call out to you. I raise my voice to all human beings.You who are childish, get some good sense. You who are foolish, set your hearts on getting it.
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Hosea 4:11
with prostitutes. They drink old wine and fresh wine. Their drinking has destroyed their ability to understand.
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John 3:20
Everyone who does evil deeds hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen.
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Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly.“ We had to speak God’s word to you first,” they said.“ But you don’t accept it. You don’t think you are good enough for eternal life. So now we are turning to the Gentiles.
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Deuteronomy 5:29
But I wish they would always have respect for me in their hearts. I wish they would always obey all my commands. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.
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2 Corinthians 6 1
We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.
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Isaiah 55:1-3
“ Come, all you who are thirsty. Come and drink the water I offer to you. You who do not have any money, come. Buy and eat the grain I give you. Come and buy wine and milk. You will not have to pay anything for it.Why spend money on what is not food? Why work for what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me. Then you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the richest food there is.Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.
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Proverbs 9:4-6
She says,“ Let all who are childish come to my house!” She speaks to those who have no sense. She says,“ Come and eat my food. Drink the wine I have mixed.Leave your childish ways and you will live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
