Proverbs 8:32-36

32 “And now, aO sons, listen to me:
bblessed are those who keep my ways.
33 cHear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34 dBlessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35For ewhoever finds me ffinds life
and gobtains favor from the Lord,
36but he who fails to find me hinjures himself;
all who ihate me jlove death.”

Proverbs 17:16

16Why should a fool have money in his hand kto buy wisdom
when he has no sense?

Hosea 14:9

9 lWhoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and mthe upright walk in them,
nbut transgressors stumble in them.

Matthew 11:19

19The Son of Man came oeating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, pa friend of qtax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”
Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)


Luke 7:29

29( sWhen all the people heard this, and tthe tax collectors too, they declared God just,
Greek  they justified God
vhaving been baptized with wthe baptism of John,

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

14The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are xfolly to him, and yhe is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15The zspiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
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