2 Timothy 3:16-17

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¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed^(A) and is useful for teaching,^(B) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,^(C) ¹⁷so that the servant of God^[a]^(D) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.^(E)

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2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,

Proverbs 4:1-9

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Get Wisdom at Any Cost

4 Listen, my sons,^(A) to a father’s instruction;^(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.^(C)
²I give you sound learning,
    so do not forsake my teaching.
³For I too was a son to my father,
    still tender, and cherished by my mother.
⁴Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold^(D) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.^(E)
⁵Get wisdom,^(F) get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.
⁶Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;^(G)
    love her, and she will watch over you.^(H)
⁷The beginning of wisdom is this: Get^[a] wisdom.
    Though it cost all^(I) you have,^[b] get understanding.^(J)
⁸Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
    embrace her, and she will honor you.^(K)
⁹She will give you a garland to grace your head
    and present you with a glorious crown.^(L)”

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Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get

Proverbs 8:32-36

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³²“Now then, my children, listen^(A) to me;
    blessed are^(B) those who keep my ways.^(C)
³³Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.
³⁴Blessed are those who listen^(D) to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.
³⁵For those who find me^(E) find life^(F)
    and receive favor from the Lord.^(G)
³⁶But those who fail to find me harm themselves;^(H)
    all who hate me love death.”^(I)

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Deuteronomy 6:1-8

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Love the Lord Your God

6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, ²so that you, your children and their children after them may fear^(A) the Lord your God as long as you live^(B) by keeping all his decrees and commands^(C) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.^(D) ³Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey^(E) so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly^(F) in a land flowing with milk and honey,^(G) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised^(H) you.

⁴Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[a]^(I) ⁵Love^(J) the Lord your God with all your heart^(K) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^(L) ⁶These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.^(M) ⁷Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.^(N) ⁸Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.^(O)

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Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone

Deuteronomy 4:9-10

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⁹Only be careful,^(A) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach^(B) them to your children^(C) and to their children after them. ¹⁰Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,^(D) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn^(E) to revere^(F) me as long as they live in the land^(G) and may teach^(H) them to their children.”

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Deuteronomy 11:18-21

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¹⁸Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.^(A) ¹⁹Teach them to your children,^(B) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.^(C) ²⁰Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,^(D) ²¹so that your days and the days of your children may be many^(E) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.^(F)