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Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil;   but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

Deuteronomy 32:35  To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;  their foot shall slide in due time:  for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Psalm 94:1  O lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth;  O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

Romans 12:17  Recompense to no man evil for evil.  Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

1 Peter 3:9  Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:  but contrariwise blessing;  knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Matthew 25:34  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world

Romans 8:17  And if children, then heirs;  heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;  if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

1 Peter 1:4,9  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Revelation 21:7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things;  and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Isaiah 36:21  But they held their peace, and answered him not a word:  for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Matthew 7:6  Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Proverbs 9:7,8  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:  and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:  rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Psalm 141:5  Let the righteous smite me;  it shall be a kindness:  and let him reprove me;  it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head:  for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.*

*”Here the thought is that he prays for those who rebuke him in kindness when trouble comes into their lives.”  Believer’s Bible Commentary (p.773)

Psalm 1:6

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:  but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Nahum 1:7  The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble;  and he knoweth them that trust in him.

John 10:14  I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

2 Timothy 2:19  Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.  And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Numbers 16:5  And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy;  and will cause him to come near unto him:  even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Psalm 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth  his fruit in his season;  his leaf also shall not wither;  and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Genesis 39:3  And his master saw that the Lord was with him[Joseph], and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Psalms 128:2  For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:  happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

1 Timothy 4:8  For bodily exercise profiteth little:  but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Proverbs 4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

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Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:  but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Romans 11:33  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Job 29:16  I was a father to the poor:  and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Proverbs 29:7  The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:  but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Psalm 31:7  I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:  for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities

John 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me

 

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Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.  KJV

 

Psalms 78:2  I will open my mouth in a parable:  I will utter dark sayings of old

Psalms 49:4  I will incline mine ear to a parable:  I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Matthew 13:35  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables;  I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

In the footnotes of The New Oxford Annotated Bible RSV(1977), the “deep waters” of a man’s mouth could be replaced by “unfathomable or dangerous:”  The words of a man’s mouth are unfathomable or dangerous.  In contrast, “the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream”(RSV)  or “flowing brook”(KJV)  which the RSV  notes indicate could be read as the fountain of wisdom “refreshes.”  I.e.  The words of a man’s mouth are unfathomable or dangerous;  the fountain of wisdom refreshes.

There is a different take on the verse in Believer’s Bible Commentary(1995):  “Moffatt understands the verses as saying that the words of a wise man are a deep pool, a flowing stream, and a fountain of life.  They are profound, not shallow;  flowing, not brackish;  refreshing, not insipid”[p.837].

Either way you interpret the words, the Bible tells us in Proverbs 2:6  “For the Lord giveth wisdom:  out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding” and in James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;  and it shall be given him.”