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Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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1 Corinthians 14 20
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
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Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
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Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
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James 3:13-18
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
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Philippians 2:15
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
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Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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2 Timothy 3 15-2 Timothy 3 17
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
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Psalms 101:2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
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Ephesians 5:17
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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1 Thessalonians 3 6-1 Thessalonians 3 10
But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
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Ephesians 1:15-18
For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints,cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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Luke 10:3
Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
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Isaiah 11:2-3
And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
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1 Kings 3 9-1 Kings 3 12
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice;behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
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1 Thessalonians 1 8-1 Thessalonians 1 9
For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God- ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
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1 Thessalonians 1 2-1 Thessalonians 1 3
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
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Colossians 1:3-9
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow- servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,