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False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.