Proverbs 14:25

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Proverbs 14:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible

23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.

25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

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Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Acts 20:21

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:26

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Acts 20:27

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Acts 26:16

‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

Acts 26:17

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 26:19

So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Acts 26:20

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:2

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

2 Peter 3:3

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.