Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
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Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
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Leviticus 18:5
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.
Matthew 19:17
He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
Romans 10:6
But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
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Deuteronomy 10:13
to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
Job 2:4
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Job 21:15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
Job 22:2
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Psalms 41:2
Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Galatians 6:7
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Hebrews 11:26
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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Deuteronomy 30:20
to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Psalms 63:8
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
John 14:21
One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
Acts 2:42
They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
Acts 11:23
who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:19
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
2 Peter 1:16
For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Ruth 1:16
Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover
Song of Solomon 1:8
If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Isaiah 65:1
“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
Luke 8:38
But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luke 10:39
She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard his word.
John 1:38
Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
John 12:21
Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
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1 Kings 2:28
This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and held onto the horns of the altar.
Isaiah 27:5
Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
Isaiah 56:4
For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
Isaiah 64:7
There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Matthew 22:5
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;
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1 Kings 3:12
behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
1 Kings 4:29
God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
1 Kings 5:12
Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.
1 Chronicles 22:12
May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
1 Chronicles 29:19
and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”
Psalms 119:144
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
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Job 28:15
It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
Job 28:16
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17
Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Job 28:18
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
Psalms 119:72
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:18
With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
Matthew 13:46
who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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Job 36:6
He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
Psalms 16:11
You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
Psalms 38:9
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
Proverbs 2:19
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
Proverbs 5:6
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
Proverbs 15:24
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Jeremiah 21:8
“You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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Psalms 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 3:33
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
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Proverbs 1:2
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
Proverbs 8:5
You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 17:16
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
Proverbs 18:1
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 24:14
so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
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Proverbs 3:9
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Proverbs 10:17
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 22:17
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
Proverbs 22:19
I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
2 Peter 1:5
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;
2 Peter 1:6
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;
2 Peter 1:7
and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.
2 Peter 1:8
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9
For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
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Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
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Proverbs 27:16
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
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Matthew 6:4
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:6
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:18
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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Proverbs 10:28
The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
Matthew 7:24
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:26
Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Matthew 7:27
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
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Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
Revelation 12:11
They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”
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Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 6:48
I am the bread of life.
John 12:50
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
1 John 2:25
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
1 John 5:11
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:12
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
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2 Chronicles 31:20
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.
2 Chronicles 31:21
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.
John 16:24
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
Romans 14:17
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:18
For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
1 Corinthians 1:30
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
1 Corinthians 1:31
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:23
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Colossians 1:9
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
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Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,
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Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 1:11
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.
1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
1 Peter 3:11
Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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2 Timothy 1:13
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:14
That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”
2 Timothy 3:14
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
Titus 1:9
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
Hebrews 3:14
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,
Hebrews 4:14
Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.
Hebrews 10:23
let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Revelation 2:13
“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 3:11
I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
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Philippians 1:27
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
2 Peter 1:11
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
Revelation 2:25
Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
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Revelation 18:7
However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’
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