Proverbs 1:5-6
5Let the wise hear and aincrease in learning,and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6to understand a proverb and a saying,
bthe words of the wise and their criddles.
Proverbs 2:2-6
2making your ear attentive to wisdomand inclining your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice dfor understanding,
4if you seek it like esilver
and search for it as for fhidden treasures,
5then gyou will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6For hthe Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Ezekiel 18:31
31 iCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and jmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! kWhy will you die, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 36:26
26And I will give you la new heart, and ma new spirit I will put within you. nAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.Mark 10:15
15 oTruly, I say to you, whoever does not preceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”John 1:11-13
11He came to qhis own, ▼▼Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people
and shis own people ▼▼People is implied in Greek
udid not receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, vwho believed in his name, whe gave the right xto become ychildren of God, 13who zwere born, aanot of blood abnor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 8:47
47 acWhoever is of God hears the words of God. adThe reason why you do not hear them is that aeyou are not of God.”John 10:26
26but afyou do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
Copyright information for
ESV