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Proverbs 14:6
The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
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Psalms 10:5
His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.
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1 Corinthians 2 14
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
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Psalms 92:5-6
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,
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Proverbs 17:24
A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
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Job 29:7-25
“ When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.“ I thought,‘ I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’“ People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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Amos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
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Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
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Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
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Proverbs 22:22
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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Proverbs 15:24
The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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Proverbs 31:8-9
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
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Isaiah 29:21
those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.
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Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
