Proverbs 4:5  Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

James 3:17  But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

Job 28:14  "The deep says, 'It is not in me'; And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

Romans 6:4,5  Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. • For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

Hebrews 12:1  Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Ephesians 2:4-6  But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, • even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), • and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 11:14  For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

Zephaniah 2:3  Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.

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