Bible Cross References
Poverty
Proverbs 13:13
If you refuse good advice, you are asking for trouble; follow it and you are safe.
Proverbs 5:9-14
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If you do, others will gain the respect that you once had, and you will die young at the hands of merciless people.
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Yes, strangers will take all your wealth, and what you have worked for will belong to someone else.
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You will lie groaning on your deathbed, your flesh and muscles being eaten away,
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and you will say, "Why would I never learn? Why would I never let anyone correct me?
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I wouldn't listen to my teachers. I paid no attention to them.
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And suddenly I found myself publicly disgraced."
Proverbs 12:1
Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.
Proverbs 15:5
It is foolish to ignore what your parents taught you; it is wise to accept their correction.
Proverbs 15:31
If you pay attention when you are corrected, you are wise.
Proverbs 15:32
If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself. If you accept correction, you will become wiser.
Proverbs 19:6
Everyone tries to gain the favor of important people; everyone claims the friendship of those who give out favors.
Jeremiah 5:3-9
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Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
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Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
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I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do." But all of them have rejected the LORD's authority and refuse to obey him.
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That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.
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The LORD asked, "Why should I forgive the sins of my people? They have abandoned me and have worshiped gods that are not real. I fed my people until they were full, but they committed adultery and spent their time with prostitutes.
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They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.
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Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?
Hebrews 12:25
Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!
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Proverbs 9:9
Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
Proverbs 25:12
A warning given by an experienced person to someone willing to listen is more valuable than gold rings or jewelry made of the finest gold.
Psalm 141:5
Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness, but I will never accept honor from evil people, because I am always praying against their evil deeds.