Proverbs 2:2

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Proverbs 2:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

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Proverbs 22:18

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Proverbs 22:19

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Proverbs 22:20

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Proverbs 22:21

to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

Proverbs 23:12

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So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

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I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

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Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.