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- A WISE MAN
- LISTENS CAREFULLY AND LEARNS:
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- A wise man will hear, and will
- increase learning...
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- Proverbs 1:5
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- Hear counsel, and receive
- instruction, that thou mayest
- be wise in thy latter end.
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- Proverbs 19:20
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- A WISE MAN
- APPRECIATES CRITICISM:
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- Reprove not a scorner, lest he
- hate thee: rebuke a wise man,
- and he will love thee.
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- Proverbs 9:8
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- A WISE MAN
- BRINGS JOY UNTO HIS PARENTS:
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- A wise son maketh a glad
- father: but a foolish son is
- the heaviness of his mother.
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- Proverbs 10:1
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- A WISE MAN
- DOES NOT AVOID HARD WORK:
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- He that gathereth in the
- summer is a wise son: but he
- that sleepeth in harvest is a
- son that causeth shame.
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- Proverbs 10:5
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- A WISE MAN
- RESTRAINS HIS LIPS:
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- In the multitude of words
- there wanteth not sin: but he
- that refraineth his lips is
- wise.
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- Proverbs 10:19
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- A WISE MAN
- IS WILLING TO SEEK ADVICE:
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- The way of a fool is right in
- his own eyes: but he that
- hearkeneth unto counsel is
- wise.
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- Proverbs 12:15
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- A WISE MAN
- SPEAKS WORDS OF LIFE:
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- There is that speaketh like
- the piercings of a sword: but
- the tongue of the wise is
- health.
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- Proverbs 12:18
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- A WISE MAN
- LISTENS TO HIS FATHER:
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- A wise son heareth his
- father's instruction: but a
- scorner heareth not rebuke.
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- Proverbs 13:1
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- A WISE MAN
- KEEPS COMPANY WITH OTHER WISE
- MEN
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- He that walketh with wise men
- shall be wise: but a companion
- of fools shall be destroyed.
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- Proverbs 13:20
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- A WISE MAN
- DEPARTS FROM EVIL:
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- A wise man feareth, and
- departeth from evil: but the
- fool rageth, and is confident.
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- Proverbs 14:16
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- A WISE MAN
- DOES NOT MISUSE HIS KNOWLEDGE:
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- The tongue of the wise useth
- knowledge aright: but the
- mouth of fools poureth out
- foolishness.
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- Proverbs 15:2
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- A WISE MAN
- WILL STRIVE TO PACIFY THE
- ANGRY:
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- The wrath of a king is as
- messengers of death: but a
- wise man will pacify it.
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- Proverbs 16:14
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- Scornful men bring a city into
- a snare: but wise men turn
- away wrath.
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- Proverbs 29:8
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- A WISE MAN
- AVOIDS STRONG DRINK:
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- Wine is a mocker, strong drink
- is raging: and whosoever is
- deceived thereby is not wise.
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- Proverbs 20:1
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- A WISE MAN
- DOES NOT WASTE TIME SPEAKING
- TO A FOOLISH MAN:
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- Speak not in the ears of a
- fool: for he will despise the
- wisdom of thy words.
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- Proverbs 23:9
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- A WISE MAN'S
- WISDOM BECOMES HIS STRENGTH:
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- A wise man is strong; yea, a
- man of knowledge increaseth
- strength.
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- Proverbs 24:5
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- A WISE MAN
- IS NOT PREJUDICED:
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- These things also belong to
- the wise. It is not good to
- have respect of persons in
- judgment.
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- Proverbs 24:23
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- A FOOL
- REJECTS INSTRUCTION:
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- The fear of the LORD is the
- beginning of knowledge: but
- fools despise wisdom and
- instruction.
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- Proverbs 1:7
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- A FOOL
- SPREADS SLANDER:
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- He that hideth hatred with
- lying lips, and he that
- uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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- Proverbs 10:18
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- A FOOL
- LOSES HIS TEMPER:
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- A fool's wrath is presently
- known: but a prudent man
- covereth shame.
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- Proverbs 12:18
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- A FOOL
- DESPISES HIS MOTHER:
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- A wise son maketh a glad
- father:
- but a foolish man despiseth
- his mother.
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- Proverbs 15:20
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- A FOOL
- CAUSES STRIFE WITH
- HIS MOUTH:
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- A fool's mouth is his
- destruction, and his lips are
- the snare of his soul.
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- Proverbs 18:7
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- A FOOL
- QUARRELS OFTEN:
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- It is an honor for a man to
- cease from strife: but every
- fool
- will be medling.
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- Proverbs 20:3
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- CONCLUSION:
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- The wise shall inherit glory:
- but shame shall be
- the promotion of fools.
- Proverbs 3:35
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