13 Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
37 »Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'« He answered, »with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.'
2 Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.
15 Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.
16 Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
2 For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.
3 For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
24 »Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;«
20 For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections –namely His eternal power and divine nature– have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse.