Proverbs 8:9
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They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
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A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.