common sense
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21My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.
6For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; 24and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen. 25But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.
26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool. But whoever treads wisely, the same shall be saved.
12If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holiness is prudence.
22Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.
13In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.
12The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
20And we know that the Son of God has arrived, and that he has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God, and so that we may remain in his true Son. This is the true God, and this is Eternal Life.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
15For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them,
18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, so that he may turn aside from the ruin of death. 15Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm. 16The discerning do everything with counsel. But whoever is senseless discloses his stupidity.