Ephesians 5:17

Ephesians 5:17
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

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1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.

1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

1 Kings 3:12
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

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Psalms 143:10
Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Hebrews 10:36
For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

1 Peter 2:15
Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

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Proverbs 2:5
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

Proverbs 18:1
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

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Romans 3:11
Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

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1 Corinthians 14:19
But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

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2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

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