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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.” …
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