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Wise Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 82 helpful votes A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.Ephesians 5:15 ESV / 39 helpful votes Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,James 3:13-14 ESV / 32 helpful votes Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.James 1:1-27 ESV / 27 helpful votes James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …Proverbs 10:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.Daniel 12:3 ESV / 24 helpful votes And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 24 helpful votes Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Matthew 10:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.Psalm 19:7 ESV / 22 helpful votes The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.1 Corinthians 1:19 ESV / 17 helpful votes For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 17 helpful votes A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Proverbs 9:9-10 ESV / 17 helpful votes Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.Colossians 2:2-3 ESV / 16 helpful votes That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.Romans 16:19 ESV / 16 helpful votes For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.Luke 16:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?Luke 1:37 ESV / 16 helpful votes For nothing will be impossible with God.”Romans 1:22 ESV / 14 helpful votes Claiming to be wise, they became fools,Matthew 2:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.Proverbs 13:22 ESV / 14 helpful votes A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.Proverbs 2:1-5 ESV / 14 helpful votes My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.Romans 12:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.Matthew 7:22-24 ESV / 13 helpful votes On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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