Proverbs 2 6 For the LORD giveth Wisdom: out of
His Mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

2 Timothy 3 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly

furnished unto all good works.

Trust and Obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

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The man of God will seldom say what
everybody wants to hear.
Easy way Funnest way Popular way
Comfortable Convenient
way way

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2 Timothy 2 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ.

A good soldier doesn’t whine
when the battle is hard.
A good soldier doesn’t desert the battlefield.
A good soldier doesn’t get involved in other things
so that he isn’t available to go to battle.

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7 He (The Lord) layeth up Sound Wisdom for the
righteous: He is a buckler (protector) to them that
walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of His saints.
Short term thinking Life time thinking
Walking uprightly according to the Word of God
is not something we try for a time.

It’s a way of life for the rest of our lives.

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Impatient people won’t live righteously.
Hebrews 10 36 For ye have need of patience, that,
after ye have done the Will of God, ye might receive
the promise.

It takes patience to keep on keeping on
when the going is tough.
It takes patience to wait on God.

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I would rather die in faith never having
seen the fulfillment of expectations,
Than to live a life that is up and down, in and
out, wishy-washy, and unreliable.

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9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and
judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When Wisdom entereth into thine heart, and

Knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion
shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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12 Todeliver thee from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward (perverse or
fraudulent) things; 13 Who leave the paths of
uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the

frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are
crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Wisdom and understanding will lead us to
avoid the way of the evil men and women.

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16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even
from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and

forgetteth the Covenant of her God. 18 For her
house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the
dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither
take they hold of the paths of life.

Both wicked men and women will
lead you into trouble.
Wisdom will deliver you from them.
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20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the
upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect
(sincere, with integrity; complete) shall remain in
it. 22 But the wicked (morally wrong) shall be cut
off from the earth, and the transgressors (those who
deal deceitfully, treacherously, or unfaithfully) shall
be rooted out of it.

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If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all
evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has
dominion over us, then it not only fills the head,
but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both
against corruptions within and temptations without.
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary.

Wisdom says that we must choose
our friends carefully.
Some will build you up, but many will
drag you down.
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Proverbs 2b Choose friends carefully