Bible Cross References
wise
Proverbs 4:1-14
1
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding.
2
For I give you a good gift; forsake not my law.
3
For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
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who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
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and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
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And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.
7
[This translation omits this verse.]
8
Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you;
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that it may give unto your head a crown of grace, and may cover you with a crown of delight.
10
Hear, [my] son, and receive my words, and the years of your life shall be increased, that the resources of your life may be many.
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For I teach you the ways of wisdom; and I cause you to go in right paths.
12
For when you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not be distressed.
13
Take hold of my instruction; do not let it go, but keep it for yourself, for your life.
14
Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
Proverbs 4:20-22
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[My] son, attend to my speech, and incline your ear to my words,
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that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in [your] heart.
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For they are life to those that find them, and health to all [their] flesh.
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes [his] father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool scorns his father's instruction, but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength, but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son gladdens his father, but a foolish son sneers at his mother.
but
Proverbs 9:7
He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself, and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
Proverbs 9:8
Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 14:6
You shall seek wisdom with bad men, and shall not find it, but discretion is easily available with the prudent.
1 Samuel 2:25
If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intercede for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you afflicted men, and you princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us; we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected.