Winning Souls For Christ 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ESV / 127 helpful votes For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.Proverbs 11:30 ESV / 119 helpful votes The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.Mark 16:15 ESV / 118 helpful votes And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.John 15:16 ESV / 85 helpful votes You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.Acts 1:8 ESV / 70 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 62 helpful votes Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,Ezekiel 3:20-21 ESV / 60 helpful votes Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”James 5:19-20 ESV / 58 helpful votes My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.Romans 5:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 3:23 ESV / 44 helpful votes For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Colossians 4:2-6 ESV / 43 helpful votes Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Jude 1:23 ESV / 39 helpful votes Save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.Romans 6:23 ESV / 39 helpful votes For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Ezekiel 3:17-19 ESV / 35 helpful votes “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.Matthew 28:19 ESV / 33 helpful votes Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 32 helpful votes But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.Mark 16:16 ESV / 31 helpful votes Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.Ezekiel 34:4 ESV / 30 helpful votes The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.1 Corinthians 9:19-22 ESV / 24 helpful votes For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
Winter?
Winter Job 37:9-10 ESV / 21 helpful votes From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.Song of Solomon 2:11-12 ESV / 20 helpful votes For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.John 10:22 ESV / 19 helpful votes At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,Mark 13:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes Pray that it may not happen in winter.Matthew 24:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
Wisdom?
Wisdom James 1:5 ESV / 2,394 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.James 3:17 ESV / 1,858 helpful votes But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.Proverbs 3:13-18 ESV / 1,274 helpful votes Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. …Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 1,062 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 949 helpful votes Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 934 helpful votes Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 819 helpful votes The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 732 helpful votes Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.Colossians 3:16 ESV / 671 helpful votes Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.Proverbs 18:15 ESV / 645 helpful votes An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 600 helpful votes For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;Psalm 111:10 ESV / 567 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!Proverbs 17:27-28 ESV / 543 helpful votes Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.Proverbs 16:16 ESV / 517 helpful votes How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.Luke 21:15 ESV / 509 helpful votes For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.Proverbs 3:7 ESV / 498 helpful votes Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 442 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV / 435 helpful votes And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,Ecclesiastes 8:1 ESV / 431 helpful votes Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 425 helpful votes When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.Proverbs 4:6-7 ESV / 415 helpful votes Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.Psalm 90:12 ESV / 411 helpful votes So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.James 3:13 ESV / 388 helpful votes Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.Proverbs 15:33 ESV / 376 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV / 369 helpful votes For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Wisdom And Knowledge?
Wisdom And Knowledge James 1:5 ESV / 424 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 408 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Psalm 111:10 ESV / 283 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!Proverbs 2:1-22 ESV / 248 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. …Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV / 218 helpful votes For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.Isaiah 11:2 ESV / 176 helpful votes And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.Colossians 2:8 ESV / 145 helpful votes See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 132 helpful votes Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 132 helpful votes “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.1 Corinthians 3:19-20 ESV / 111 helpful votes For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”James 3:17 ESV / 106 helpful votes But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 104 helpful votes For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;2 Chronicles 1:7-12 ESV / 100 helpful votes In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. O Lord God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, …Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 98 helpful votes Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. …James 3:15-18 ESV / 91 helpful votes This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.Romans 1:22-25 ESV / 81 helpful votes Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 76 helpful votes There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 64 helpful votes He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you wil
Wise?
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.
Wise As A Serpent?
Wise As A Serpent Matthew 10:16 ESV / 59 helpful votes “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.Matthew 10:14-16 ESV / 19 helpful votes And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 17 helpful votes But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.Matthew 7:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.Revelation 12:7-9 ESV / 10 helpful votes Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes But test everything; hold fast what is good.Matthew 5:39 ESV / 8 helpful votes But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …Genesis 3:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.Revelation 16:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.Genesis 3:4-5 ESV / 7 helpful votes But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”Genesis 3:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. …Acts 20:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.Matthew 26:1-75 ESV / 5 helpful votes When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.” …Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes I can do all things through him who strengthens me.Romans 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Hosea 7:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going
Wise Counsel?
Wise Counsel Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 856 helpful votes The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 651 helpful votes Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 565 helpful votes Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.Proverbs 19:20-21 ESV / 489 helpful votes Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 357 helpful votes For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 310 helpful votes Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; …Proverbs 13:10 ESV / 280 helpful votes By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 266 helpful votes Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 248 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 20:18 ESV / 244 helpful votes Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 223 helpful votes Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 200 helpful votes All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,Psalm 119:105 ESV / 197 helpful votes Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.James 3:17 ESV / 191 helpful votes But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 176 helpful votes Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”Proverbs 4:13 ESV / 171 helpful votes Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.Proverbs 3:1-35 ESV / 171 helpful votes My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. …1 Kings 12:6-19 ESV / 162 helpful votes Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs. …James 1:5 ESV / 159 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 142 helpful votes Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 141 helpful votes For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.1 John 4:1 ESV / 111 helpful votes Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 107 helpful votes Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 103 helpful votes The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the y
Wise Decisions?
Wise Decisions Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 215 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.Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 171 helpful votes The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.James 1:5 ESV / 136 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 91 helpful votes Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 88 helpful votes The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 86 helpful votes Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.Philippians 4:6 ESV / 85 helpful votes Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.1 Peter 1:13-15 ESV / 62 helpful votes Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 48 helpful votes Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 43 helpful votes Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”Proverbs 2:1-5 ESV / 42 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.Joshua 1:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 37 helpful votes Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.James 1:6-8 ESV / 36 helpful votes But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.Matthew 6:24 ESV / 34 helpful votes “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 33 helpful votes Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.Psalm 119:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 31 helpful votes For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.Psalm 119:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 22 helpful votes For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.John 14:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.John 10:1-10 ESV / 19 helpful votes “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” …
Wise Man?
Wise Man Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 192 helpful votes A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 147 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 115 helpful votes Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 92 helpful votes Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 68 helpful votes But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.Psalm 36:9 ESV / 66 helpful votes For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 64 helpful votes The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, …Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 63 helpful votes The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.James 1:5 ESV / 60 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Matthew 2:1 ESV / 60 helpful votes Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,Proverbs 29:7 ESV / 58 helpful votes A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.1 John 4:1 ESV / 55 helpful votes Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 55 helpful votes As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. …James 3:17 ESV / 52 helpful votes But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.Matthew 7:24-25 ESV / 52 helpful votes “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.Matthew 2:1-12 ESV / 49 helpful votes Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: …Matthew 2:11 ESV / 47 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.Matthew 2:12 ESV / 45 helpful votes And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.Genesis 2:7 ESV / 45 helpful votes Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.James 1:20 ESV / 44 helpful votes For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 43 helpful votes For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.Matthew 7:24 ESV / 43 helpful votes “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.Luke 1:37 ESV / 42 helpful votes For nothing will be impossible with God.”1 John 3:17 ESV / 40 helpful votes But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 39 helpful votes Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Wishing?
Wishing John 15:7 ESV / 156 helpful votes If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.Matthew 7:7 ESV / 72 helpful votes “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.Genesis 12:3 ESV / 45 helpful votes I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”Colossians 1:17 ESV / 42 helpful votes And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.1 Corinthians 2:11 ESV / 34 helpful votes For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 27 helpful votes Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ESV / 24 helpful votes “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. …John 1:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John 13:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,Luke 4:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,Acts 1:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”Luke 14:26 ESV / 16 helpful votes “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.Luke 23:34 ESV / 13 helpful votes And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.Psalm 20:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 11 helpful votes He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …John 1:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”Zechariah 7:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.3 John 1:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Let all that you do be done in love.John 3:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.Matthew 10:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.