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Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Matthew 7:24-25
“ Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
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Proverbs 9:9
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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Proverbs 18:6-7
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
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Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
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James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
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Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.
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Proverbs 13:3
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
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Proverbs 10:10
Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
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Proverbs 12:13
Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.
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Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
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Proverbs 14:23
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.