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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Eve of Ascension
Eve of Ascension
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 3:21-26; Proverbs 4:1-7; Proverbs 5:1-2; Proverbs 9:1-6; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 14:15; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 27:12
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To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then you will walk in your way securely, And your foot will not stumble.
Proverbs 3:23
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Do not be afraid of sudden danger, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;
Proverbs 3:25
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.
Proverbs 3:26
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, And pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
For I give you good teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
Proverbs 4:3
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
He taught me and said to me, "Let your heart take hold of my words; Keep my commandments and live;
Proverbs 4:4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
"Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.
Proverbs 5:2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Wisdom has built her house, She has carved out her seven pillars;
Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;
Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
She has sent out her attendants, she calls out From the tops of the heights of the city:
Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says,
Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
"Abandon your foolishness and live, And proceed in the way of understanding."
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, But the foolishness of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
The naive believes everything, But the sensible person considers his steps.
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
A prudent person sees evil and hides himself, But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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