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In Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 23 and 24

thus says the Lord

let not the wise man boast in his wisdom.

Let not the mighty man boast in his might.

Let not the rich man boast in his riches.

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he

understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.

For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

Oh, this is a verse that is worthy of memorization, not that there's verses in the Bible

that are not worthy of memorization, but I would encourage you, positively encourage you, to memorize this verse, to hide this in your

heart.

Let not the wise man boast in wisdom, the mighty man in his might, the rich man and his riches.

Like we don't boast in our wisdom and our might and our riches where we have.

Our only boasts, our only boasts is that we might understand and know God.

That's what we're designed to boast in.

There's all kinds of things this world would say, boast that you have this possession,

that you have this position,

that you have this status,

that you have whatever, there's so many different things.

And we can think, I would be proud to have that. I would love to have this and direct all of that toward

this one thing, boast in this one thing, that you understand and know God, that God who practices

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