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Proverbs 14:6
The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
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Psalms 10:5
He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
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1 Corinthians 2 14
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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Psalms 92:5-6
How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
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Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
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Job 29:7-25
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.“ As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.“ Then I thought,‘ I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’“ People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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Amos 5:10
The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
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Amos 5:12
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Amos 5:15
Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
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Proverbs 22:22
Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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Proverbs 15:24
The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.
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Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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Isaiah 29:21
those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
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Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,