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Matthew 10:16
“ Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
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1 Corinthians 14 20
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
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Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.
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Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may overflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
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James 3:13-18
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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Philippians 2:15
so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
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Jeremiah 4:22
“ For My people are foolish, They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are skillful at doing evil, But they do not know how to do good.”
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2 Timothy 3 15-2 Timothy 3 17
and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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Psalms 101:2
I will carefully attend to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
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Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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1 Thessalonians 3 6-1 Thessalonians 3 10
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,for this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.For what thanks can we give to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,as we keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may see your faces, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?
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Ephesians 1:15-18
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints,do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
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Luke 10:3
Go; behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves.
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Isaiah 11:2-3
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.And He will delight in the fear of the Lord, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
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1 Kings 3 9-1 Kings 3 12
So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this great people of Yours?”Now it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.And God said to him,“ Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.
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1 Thessalonians 1 8-1 Thessalonians 1 9
For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
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1 Thessalonians 1 2-1 Thessalonians 1 3
We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of 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,since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints;because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospelwhich has come to you, just as in all the world also it is bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,