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Proverbios 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (niv)
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1 Corintios 1 18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (niv)
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2 Corintios 4 2-2 Corintios 4 3
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. (niv)
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1 Corintios 16 22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord! (niv)
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2 Pedro 2 12
But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish. (niv)
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Juan 8:45-47
Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” (niv)
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Romanos 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. (niv)
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2 Corintios 11 15
It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. (niv)
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Romanos 2:7-8
To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. (niv)
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1 Timoteo 2 4
who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. (niv)
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Romanos 6:17
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. (niv)
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Juan 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (niv)
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Proverbios 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. (niv)
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Proverbios 2:1-6
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (niv)
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Proverbios 4:5-6
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. (niv)
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2 Corintios 2 15
For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. (niv)
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Romanos 10:1
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. (niv)
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Juan 5:34
Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. (niv)
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Mateo 13:11
He replied,“ Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. (niv)
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2 Corintios 11 13
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. (niv)
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1 Tesalonicenses 2 16
in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last. (niv)
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2 Corintios 2 17
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God. (niv)
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Juan 3:19-21
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. (niv)
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Efesios 4:14
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. (niv)
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Hebreos 3:13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called“ Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. (niv)
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2 Pedro 2 18
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. (niv)
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Santiago 1:16-18
Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. (niv)
