(A)Acquire wisdom! (B)Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Get wisdom,(A) get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.

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(A)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (B)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.

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Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.

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24 Now therefore, my sons, (A)listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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24 
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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24 Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
    pay attention to what I say.

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But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘(A)Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”

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But Jesus replied, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”(A)

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3

For (A)the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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For the Lord gives wisdom;(A)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(B)

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Listen, for I will speak (A)noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal (B)right things.

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“Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

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Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing (A)crooked or perverted in them.

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“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God);
There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them.

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All the words of my mouth are just;
    none of them is crooked or perverse.

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23 (A)I have sworn by Myself;
The (B)word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (C)every knee will bow, every tongue will (D)swear allegiance.

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23 
“I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,
The word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear [allegiance].(A)

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23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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20 Now hear the word of the Lord, you (A)women,
And let your ears receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And have every woman teach her neighbor a song of mourning.

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20 
Now hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
And let your ear hear the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters a song of mourning,
And each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge.

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20 Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.(A)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.(B)

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