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Luke 7:35

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But wisdom is justified of all her children.
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  1. Proverbs 8:32–36Rank 1 from verse 35
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    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

    34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  2. Matthew 11:19Rank 2 from verse 35
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    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  3. 1 Corinthians 2:14–15Rank 3 from verse 35
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    14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

  4. Hosea 14:9Rank 4 from verse 35
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  5. Proverbs 17:16Rank 5 from verse 35
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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Luke 7:35

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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justified

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1. Declared righteous or acquitted. 2. Shown or proved to be right. 3. Comparatively shown to be more righteous.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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7:31¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

7:32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

7:34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

7:35But wisdom is justified of all her children.

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