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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.
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