1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor alike. 3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
Psalms 49:1–3
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2 Enoch 46:1–2
1 HEAR, my people, and take in the words of my lips. (2EN) 2 If any one bring any gifts to an earthly ruler, and have disloyal thoughts in his heart, and the ruler know this, will he not be angry with him, and not refuse his gifts, and not give him over to judgement? (2EN)
Psalms 78:1–2
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18 Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction. (WEB) 19 Hear me, you great men of the people, and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation. (WEB) 20 To son and wife, to brother and friend, don’t give power over yourself while y… (WEB)
Psalms 148:10–12
10 wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds, 11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth, 12 young men and maidens, old and young together.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:1–3
1 Hear therefore, you kings, and understand. Learn, you judges of the ends of the earth. (WEB) 2 Give ear, you rulers who have dominion over many people, and make your boast in multitudes of nations, (WEB) 3 because your dominion was given to you from the Lord, and your sovereig… (WEB)
Proverbs 8:3–5
3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: 4 “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. 5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
2 Esdras 16:34–36
34 Their bridegrooms will be destroyed in the wars, and their husbands will perish of famine. (WEB) 35 Hear now these things, and understand them, you servants of the Lord. (WEB) 36 Behold, the Lord’s word: receive it. Don’t doubt the things about which the Lord speaks. (WEB)
Proverbs 1:4–6
4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, 5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel 6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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