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Wisdom starts with God

God created by wisdom

Proverbs 3:19-20 : 'By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. '

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Wisdom starts with God

God created by wisdom
Wisdom comes from God

James 1:5 'If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ‘
Proverbs 2:6 ’For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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Wisdom starts with God

God created by wisdom
Wisdom comes from God
Wisdom starts with the fear of God

Proverbs 1:7, 9:10, 31:30

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'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. '

Proverbs 1:7

'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. '

Proverbs 9:10

'Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. '

Proverbs 31:30

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Wisdom starts with God

God created by wisdom
Wisdom comes from God
Wisdom starts with the fear of God
Wisdom calls to a submission to God

Proverbs 3:5-12

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'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. '

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'My son, do not despise the Lord ’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. '

Proverbs 3:5-12

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Wisdom starts with God

God created by wisdom
Wisdom comes from God
Wisdom starts with the fear of God
Wisdom calls to a submission to God
God is the foundation we can build on

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' “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” '

Matthew 7:24-27

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Wisdom and the Spirit

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'We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. '

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'However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. '

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'What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. '

1 Corinthians 2:6-14