1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.
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1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.
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Genesis 3:5
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Isaiah 7:15
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
Matthew 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
Mark 8:33
But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
Romans 7:6
But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
Romans 8:8
Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
Colossians 3:2
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
Hebrews 11:40
God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
John 11:31
Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
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Genesis 41:16
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
Daniel 2:30
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
Zechariah 4:5
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
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Leviticus 11:3
Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
Psalms 119:100
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
Proverbs 1:5
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
Proverbs 2:2
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:3
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
Proverbs 2:5
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:6
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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.
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Deuteronomy 12:2
You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Deuteronomy 12:3
You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
Deuteronomy 12:4
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.
Deuteronomy 12:6
You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.
Deuteronomy 12:13
Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Deuteronomy 12:14
but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
2 Kings 18:22
But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?’
2 Chronicles 30:14
They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the altars for incense and threw them into the brook Kidron.
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1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Acts 11:2
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
Acts 11:3
saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”
Acts 11:4
But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
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2 Samuel 12:19
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
2 Samuel 12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him and he ate.
2 Samuel 12:22
He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Acts 15:1
Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”
Acts 15:2
Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 15:3
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 15:4
When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.
Acts 15:5
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts 16:3
Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Galatians 2:3
But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 2:4
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
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1 Kings 22:13
The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.”
2 Chronicles 18:12
The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.”
Job 22:13
You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Psalms 11:1
In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?
Psalms 14:1
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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Psalms 12:6
Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
Psalms 19:7
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 19:8
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 25:12
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 25:13
His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.
Psalms 116:6
Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalms 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Psalms 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
Proverbs 30:5
“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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Psalms 58:1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalms 58:2
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms 94:20
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Psalms 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Amos 5:7
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
Romans 2:1
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
James 2:4
haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
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2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman was angry, and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’
Proverbs 3:7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
John 4:48
Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
1 Corinthians 1:21
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,
1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
1 Corinthians 1:25
because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
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Proverbs 8:32
“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
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Psalms 107:43
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Isaiah 8:20
Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Isaiah 35:8
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Matthew 13:12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
Matthew 24:15
“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
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Job 28:20
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
Psalms 139:6
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Isaiah 55:8
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Jeremiah 3:15
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Haggai 2:5
This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. ‘Don’t be afraid.’
Haggai 2:12
‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’ ” The priests answered, “No.”
Malachi 4:6
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
John 8:16
Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
John 20:23
If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
1 Corinthians 14:2
For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God, for no one understands, but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
1 Corinthians 14:28
But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 14:29
Let two or three of the prophets speak, and let the others discern.
Colossians 1:28
We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
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Nehemiah 6:12
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Jeremiah 14:14
Then Yahweh said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.
Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
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Ezekiel 1:24
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.
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Daniel 11:33
“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
Daniel 11:35
Some of those who are wise will fall—to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.
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Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
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Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
Amos 7:15
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Amos 7:16
Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
Amos 7:17
Therefore Yahweh says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’ ”
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Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
Matthew 28:20
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Luke 7:29
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
Luke 7:35
Wisdom is justified by all her children.”
John 8:47
He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
John 18:37
Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
Romans 15:1
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 11:31
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
2 Peter 3:15
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,
Jude 1:10
But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.
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Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
Matthew 7:17
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Matthew 7:18
A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:20
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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Isaiah 65:5
who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
Mark 2:7
“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:16
The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 15:2
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
Luke 15:3
He told them this parable:
Luke 15:4
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
Luke 15:5
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luke 15:6
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
Luke 15:7
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luke 19:7
When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
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Mark 4:10
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mark 4:12
that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”
Mark 4:13
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
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Mark 7:14
He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Mark 7:15
There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
Mark 7:16
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
John 1:48
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:49
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
John 4:29
“Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?”
1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
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John 10:4
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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John 10:5
They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
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John 7:6
Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
John 7:8
You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
John 8:20
Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
John 8:30
As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
John 11:6
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
John 11:7
Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
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John 16:8
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
John 16:9
about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
John 16:10
about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
John 16:14
He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
Acts 5:32
We are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
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Psalms 119:18
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Romans 7:23
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 12:2
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:3
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
Ephesians 1:18
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
Ephesians 6:12
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
1 Peter 3:9
not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
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1 Kings 3:10
This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Proverbs 8:5
You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
Isaiah 11:2
Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
Isaiah 11:4
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Jeremiah 4:22
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Luke 21:15
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
Romans 14:1
Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 12:10
and to another workings of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of languages, and to another the interpretation of languages.
2 Corinthians 3:5
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
Ephesians 4:13
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Ephesians 4:14
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
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1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
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1 Chronicles 12:32
Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
Luke 12:56
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
1 Corinthians 1:27
but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
1 Corinthians 2:1
When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
1 Corinthians 2:8
which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”
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1 Corinthians 11:17
But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
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1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
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1 Corinthians 15:46
However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
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Galatians 2:5
to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
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Job 34:3
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
Psalms 92:6
A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
Luke 24:25
He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
Ephesians 5:10
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Colossians 2:3
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
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.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
Hebrews 5:13
For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
Revelation 2:2
“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
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1 Thessalonians 2:20
For you are our glory and our joy.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
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1 Corinthians 6:3
Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
2 Corinthians 3:15
But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
2 Corinthians 3:16
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Hebrews 8:11
They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 John 3:24
He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
Revelation 3:21
He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
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