Bible Cross References
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Proverbs 3:7
Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are; simply obey the LORD and refuse to do wrong.
Proverbs 14:16
Sensible people are careful to stay out of trouble, but stupid people are careless and act too quickly.
Proverbs 16:2
You may think everything you do is right, but the LORD judges your motives.
Proverbs 16:25
What you think is the right road may lead to death.
Proverbs 26:12
The most stupid fool is better off than those who think they are wise when they are not.
Proverbs 26:16
A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions.
Proverbs 28:11
Rich people always think they are wise, but a poor person who has insight into character knows better.
Proverbs 30:12
There are people who think they are pure when they are as filthy as they can be.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
Galatians 6:3
If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.
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Proverbs 1:5
These proverbs can even add to the knowledge of the wise and give guidance to the educated,
Proverbs 9:9
Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
Proverbs 19:20
If you listen to advice and are willing to learn, one day you will be wise.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Someone may rise from poverty to become king of his country, or go from prison to the throne, but if in his old age he is too foolish to take advice, he is not as well off as a young man who is poor but intelligent.
Jeremiah 38:15-28
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I answered, "If I tell you the truth, you will put me to death, and if I give you advice, you won't pay any attention."
16
So King Zedekiah promised me in secret, "I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you."
17
Then I told Zedekiah that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "If you surrender to the king of Babylonia's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.
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But if you do not surrender, then this city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will burn it down, and you will not escape from them."
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But the king answered, "I am afraid of our own people who have deserted to the Babylonians. I may be handed over to them and tortured."
20
I said, "You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the LORD's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.
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But the LORD has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.
22
In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went: 'The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.' "
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Then I added, "All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians, and you yourself will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia, and this city will be burned to the ground."
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Zedekiah replied, "Don't let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.
25
If the officials hear that I have talked with you, they will come and ask you what we said. They will promise not to put you to death if you tell them everything.
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Just tell them you were begging me not to send you back to prison to die there."
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Then all the officials came and questioned me, and I told them exactly what the king had told me to say. There was nothing else they could do, because no one had overheard the conversation.
28
And I was kept in the palace courtyard until the day Jerusalem was captured.