Wisdom is justified by all her children.”
Parallel translations
- KJV But wisdom is justified of all her children.
- BSB But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
- NKJV But wisdom is justified by all her children.”
- NASB And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
- NLT But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”
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Cross-references · 6
- Prov 8:32–36“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
- Hos 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
- 1 Cor 2:14–15Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Prov 17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
- Luke 7:29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
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