Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
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