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Ephesians 5:16-17
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Psalms 39:4
“ Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
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John 9:4
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
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Deuteronomy 32:29
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
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Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
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Proverbs 2:2-6
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 18:1-2
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
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Proverbs 22:17
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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Job 28:28
To man he said,‘ Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
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Proverbs 8:32-36
“ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
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Luke 12:35-40
“ Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the wedding feast; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
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Proverbs 7:1-4
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.Tell wisdom,“ You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
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Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.