Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
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Deuteronomy 4:5
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
1 Samuel 12:23
And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
Job 23:12
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Psalms 1:2
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
Psalms 40:9
I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.
Psalms 51:13
Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
Proverbs 4:11
I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
2 Timothy 3:16
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
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Deuteronomy 17:18
And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:
Deuteronomy 17:19
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
Deuteronomy 17:20
So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,
2 Chronicles 6:2
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
2 Chronicles 6:3
Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
2 Chronicles 6:4
And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
2 Chronicles 6:5
From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
Isaiah 49:23
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
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Deuteronomy 24:8
In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.
2 Chronicles 17:8
And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.
2 Chronicles 17:9
And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.
Nehemiah 8:2
And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.
Nehemiah 8:3
He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.
Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:5
And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:
Nehemiah 8:7
And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.
Nehemiah 8:8
And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
Nehemiah 8:11
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
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1 Samuel 14:4
Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
1 Samuel 23:10
Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
Zechariah 12:9
And it will come about on that day that I will take in hand the destruction of all the nations who come against Jerusalem.
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1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
Psalms 16:3
As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
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1 Samuel 25:26
So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:31
Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.
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2 Chronicles 6:9
But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
2 Chronicles 6:10
And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:11
And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.
2 Chronicles 34:30
And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 30:5
So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.
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Job 4:3
Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;
Job 6:25
How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
Job 16:5
I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.
Job 26:2
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
Job 29:21
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
Job 29:22
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
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Job 5:27
See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
Job 32:11
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
Proverbs 18:17
The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
Proverbs 28:11
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
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Deuteronomy 8:3
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
Psalms 19:11
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:25
DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Psalms 119:43
Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.
Psalms 119:50
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Psalms 119:75
I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
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Psalms 132:11
The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.
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Proverbs 1:1
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Proverbs 1:2
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
Proverbs 1:3
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
Proverbs 1:4
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
Proverbs 8:6
Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10
Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
Proverbs 22:19
So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
Proverbs 22:20
Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,
Proverbs 22:21
To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?
Proverbs 24:26
He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
Colossians 1:5
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
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Proverbs 1:5
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
Proverbs 1:6
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 8:7
For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.
John 3:11
Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
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2 Chronicles 30:18
For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone
Proverbs 8:33
Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.
Haggai 2:11
These are the words of the Lord of armies: Put now a point of law to the priests, saying,
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Job 28:12
But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
Job 28:13
Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
Job 28:14
The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
Job 28:15
Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.
Job 28:16
It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17
Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
Job 28:18
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
Proverbs 3:15
She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
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Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
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Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
Ecclesiastes 9:1
All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
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Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
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Ecclesiastes 12:5
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
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Isaiah 54:12
I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.
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Daniel 4:27
For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.
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Daniel 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a hard work: and he had knowledge of it, and the vision was clear to him.
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Luke 1:1
As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,
Luke 1:2
As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;
Luke 1:4
So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.
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Psalms 45:4
And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.
Matthew 13:54
And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?
Mark 6:2
And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?
Luke 2:47
And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.
Luke 21:15
For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
Acts 6:10
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
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Song of Solomon 1:8
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
Jeremiah 3:15
And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
John 21:16
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
John 21:17
He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
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Acts 14:12
And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
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Psalms 119:18
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:6
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
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1 Kings 17:24
Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.
Nehemiah 6:7
And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
Proverbs 15:4
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Jonah 3:2
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
1 John 2:21
I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.
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Ephesians 3:4
By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;
Ephesians 3:7
Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
1 Timothy 2:7
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
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Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Proverbs 16:20
He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.
Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
John 4:19
The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
John 17:17
Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
Acts 2:37
Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
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Revelation 5:4
And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.
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