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Proverbs 2:2

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Listen to wisdom, and try your best to understand.

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Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.


Some people like to do things their own way. They get upset when people give them advice.


Teach us how short our lives really are,\par so we can become really wise.\par


You people that hear me, listen!”


Listen closely to the things I say.\par Listen to me so your souls will live.\par Come to me and I will make an agreement\par with you that will continue forever.\par It will be like the agreement\par that I made with David.\par I promised David that I would love him\par and be loyal to him forever.\par And you can trust that agreement.\par


I carefully studied the things people do in this life. I saw how busy people are. They work day and night, and they almost never sleep.


I saw all those things. I thought very hard about the things that happen in this world. And I saw that people always struggle for the power to rule other people. And this is bad for them.


I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.


These Jews were better people than the Jews in Thessalonica. These Jews were very happy to listen to the things Paul and Silas said. These Jews in Berea studied the Scriptures {\cf2\super [350]} every day. They wanted to know if these things were true.


Cry out for wisdom, and shout for understanding.


Sons, listen to your father’s teachings. Pay attention so you will understand!


My son, pay attention to the things I say. Listen closely to my words.


But a man who does the sin of adultery is foolish. He is destroying himself—he himself causes his own destruction!





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