The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
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