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Job 28:28
And he said to mankind,‘ The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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Proverbs 9:10
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
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Psalms 111:10-112:1
To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
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Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
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Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.
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Proverbs 1:22
“ How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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Proverbs 1:29-30
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
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Proverbs 5:12-13
And you will say,“ How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.
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Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
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John 3:18-21
The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.
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Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.