Preacher
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_21 1:1
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_21 1:12
I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
acceptable words
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:23
A man takes joy in giving an answer; and a timely word-- how good that is!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:26
The LORD detests the plans of an evil man, but pleasant words are pure.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 16:21-24
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Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.
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Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor, but folly is the instruction of fools.
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A wise heart instructs its mouth and increases learning with its speech.
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Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste and health to the body.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 25:11
A word spoken at the right time is like golden apples on a silver tray.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 25:12
A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_54 1:15
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"-- and I am the worst of them.
written
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 1:1-6
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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For gaining wisdom and being instructed; for understanding insightful sayings;
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for receiving wise instruction [in] righteousness, justice, and integrity;
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for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, knowledge and discretion to a young man--
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a wise man will listen and increase his learning, and a discerning man will obtain guidance--
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for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 8:6-10
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Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
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For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
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All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.
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All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
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Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 22:17-21
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Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
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For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
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I have instructed you today-- even you-- so that your confidence may be in the LORD.
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Haven't I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
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in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who sent you?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 1:1-4
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Many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us,
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just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
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It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,
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so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_43 3:11
"I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_51 1:5
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about [this hope] in the message of truth,