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Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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Matthew 7:24-25
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
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Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
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Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
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Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
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Proverbs 13:3
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
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Proverbs 12:13
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
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Proverbs 1:5
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
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Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.