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Want to know what the Bible says about Common Sense? Here are 23 Bible verses about Common Sense from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 3:21 NIV
My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,
    preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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Proverbs 2:6 NIV
For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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James 1:22-25 NIV
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
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Proverbs 9:10 NIV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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Proverbs 28:26 NIV
Those who trust in themselves are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
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Proverbs 9:12 NIV
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
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Proverbs 16:22 NIV
Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,
    but folly brings punishment to fools.
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1 John 5:20 NIV
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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Proverbs 10:13 NIV
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
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