Proverbs 2:1-5

The Value of Wisdom

1 aMy son, bif you receive my words
and 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 cfor understanding,
4if you seek it like dsilver
and search for it as for ehidden treasures,
5then fyou will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.

Matthew 13:11

11And he answered them, gTo you it has been given to know hthe secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

John 7:17

17 iIf anyone’s will is to do God’s
Greek his
will, khe will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I lam speaking on my own authority.

Acts 17:11

11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, mexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Philippians 3:13-15

13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: nforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for othe prize of the upward pcall of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let those of us who are qmature think this way, and if in anything ryou think otherwise, sGod will reveal that also to you.

Hebrews 3:14

14For we have come to share in Christ, tif indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
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