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Luke 7:35

Wisdom

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

But wisdom is justified of all her children.

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.

37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
KJV
But wisdom is justified of all her children.
WEB
Wisdom is justified by all her children.”
ASV
And wisdom is justified of all her children.
DARBY
and wisdom has been justified of all her children.
BLB
And wisdom was justified from all her children.”
ÅB
Og visdommen er rettferdiggjort av alle sine barn.
OTB
Likevel blir visdom rettferdiggjort av alle sine barn.”
B1930
Og visdommen er rettferdiggjort av alle sine barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 8:32–36

    Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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  • Matthew 11:19

    The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:14–15

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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  • Proverbs 17:16

    Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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  • Luke 7:29

    And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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