Proverbs 16:16 NIV
How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver!
Proverbs 19:20 NLT
Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.
Proverbs 18:15 NIV
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 4:13 NIV
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
Proverbs 1:7 NIV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8-9 NIV
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 3:1 NIV
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
Proverbs 22:6 ESV
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
James 1:2-4 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Acts 20:35 NLT
Help those in need by working hard.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 John 4:1 NIV
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Colossians 2:8 NLT
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.