Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
BSB
ASV
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
KJV
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The simple inherit folly,.... It is natural and hereditary to them, they are born like wild asses colts; the foolish sayings and proverbs, customs and practices, of their ancestors, though they have been demonstrated to be mere folly, yet these, their posterity, approve them; they love, like, and retain them as their patrimony, Job 11:
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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2 Timothy 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who…
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Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
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1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,