sSee Matt. 5:12
uSee ch. 1:2, 3
Job 23:12
12I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;I have atreasured the words of his mouth more than my bportion of food.
Proverbs 2:1-5
The Value of Wisdom
1 cMy son, dif you receive my wordsand treasure up my commandments with you,
2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice efor understanding,
4if you seek it like fsilver
and search for it as for ghidden treasures,
5then hyou will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 8:10
10 iTake my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Matthew 13:23
23As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and junderstands it. He indeed kbears fruit and yields, in one case la hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”Acts 2:41
41So those who received his word were baptized, and mthere were added that day about three thousand souls.Acts 10:33
33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”Acts 11:1
Peter Reports to the Church
1Now the apostles and nthe brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 1 Thessalonians 1:6
6And pyou became imitators of us qand of the Lord, for ryou received the word in much affliction, swith the tjoy of the Holy Spirit,1 Thessalonians 2:13
13And uwe also thank God constantly ▼▼Or without ceasing
for this, that when you received wthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it xnot as the word of men ▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
but as what it really is, the word of God, zwhich is at work in you believers.
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