Ecclesiastes 9:17
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

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Genesis 41:33-40
Now therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. . . .

1 Samuel 7:3-6
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." . . .

Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

Isaiah 42:2, 4
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets. . . .

James 1:20
for man's anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

James 3:17, 18
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. . . .

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