Wisdom from Above
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n Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.
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But if you have o bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, p do not boast and lie against the truth.
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q This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
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For r where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
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But s the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, t without partiality u and without hypocrisy.
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v Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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Galatians 6:4
But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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Romans 13:13
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
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Romans 2:17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God.
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Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame - who set their mind on earthly things.
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1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
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1 Corinthians 2:6
However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory.
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James 2:1
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
2 Corinthians 6:6
By purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love.
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart.
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Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who ...
Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace, And th...
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy...
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there wit...
Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh ...
Philippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness w...
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