WISDOM

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• Genesis 41:16

  Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

• Genesis 41:25

  Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

• Genesis 41:26

  The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

• Genesis 41:27

  The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

• Genesis 41:28

  That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

• Genesis 41:29

  Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

• Genesis 41:30

  There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

• Genesis 41:31

  and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

• Genesis 41:32

  The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

• Genesis 41:33

  “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

• Genesis 41:34

  Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.

• Genesis 41:35

  Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• Genesis 41:36

  The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.”

• Genesis 41:37

  The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

• Genesis 41:38

  Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

• Genesis 41:39

  Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.

• Exodus 31:3

  and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

• Exodus 31:4

  to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

• Exodus 31:5

  and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship.

• Exodus 31:6

  Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

• Exodus 35:26

  All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

• Exodus 35:31

  He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

• Exodus 35:32

  and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,

• Exodus 35:33

  in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

• Exodus 35:34

  He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

• Exodus 35:35

  He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

• Exodus 36:1

  “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

• Exodus 36:2

  Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:

• Deuteronomy 32:29

  Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

• 1 Kings 3:12

  behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

• 1 Kings 3:16

  Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

• 1 Kings 3:17

  The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

• 1 Kings 3:18

  The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

• 1 Kings 3:19

  This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.

• 1 Kings 3:20

  She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• 1 Kings 3:21

  When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.”

• 1 Kings 3:22

  The other woman said, “No; but the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No; but the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.

• 1 Kings 3:23

  Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says, ‘No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”

• 1 Kings 3:24

  The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

• 1 Kings 3:25

  The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

• 1 Kings 3:26

  Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”

• 1 Kings 3:27

  Then the king answered, “Give her the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”

• 1 Kings 3:28

  All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

• 1 Kings 4:29

  God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

• 1 Kings 4:30

  Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

• 1 Kings 4:31

  For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

• 1 Kings 4:32

  He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.

• 1 Kings 4:33

  He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

• 1 Kings 4:34

  People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

• 1 Kings 5:12

  Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

• 1 Kings 7:14

  He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

• 1 Kings 10:24

  All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

• 1 Chronicles 12:32

  Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.

• 2 Chronicles 2:14

  the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, in timber, and in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.

• Ezra 7:25

  You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

• Job 5:27

  Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

• Job 8:8

  “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

• Job 8:10

  Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

• Job 12:2

  “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

• Job 12:3

  But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

• Job 12:7

  “But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

• Job 12:8

  Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.

• Job 12:9

  Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,

• Job 12:10

  in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

• Job 12:11

  Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

• Job 12:12

  With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

• Job 12:13

  “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

• Job 12:16

  With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

• Job 12:17

  He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

• Job 12:22

  He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

• Job 28:12

  “But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

• Job 28:13

  Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

• Job 28:14

  The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’

• Job 28:15

  It can’t be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

• Job 28:16

  It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

• Job 28:17

  Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

• Job 28:18

  No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

• Job 28:19

  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

• Job 28:20

  Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

• Job 28:21

  Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

• Job 28:22

  Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

• Job 28:23

  “God understands its way, and he knows its place.

• Job 28:24

  For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

• Job 28:25

  He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

• Job 28:26

  When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

• Job 28:27

  then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

• Job 28:28

  To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

• Job 32:9

  It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

• Job 42:5

  I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

• Psalms 2:10

  Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

• Psalms 9:10

  Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

• Psalms 76:1

  For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

• Psalms 107:43

  Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

• Psalms 111:10

  The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

• Proverbs 1:5

  that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

• Proverbs 1:7

  The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

• Proverbs 1:21

  She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

• Proverbs 1:22

  “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

• Proverbs 1:23

  Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

• Proverbs 1:24

  Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

• Proverbs 1:25

  but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

• Proverbs 1:26

  I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

• Proverbs 1:27

  when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

• Proverbs 1:28

  Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

• Proverbs 1:29

  because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

• Proverbs 1:30

  They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

• Proverbs 1:31

  Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

• Proverbs 1:32

  For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

• Proverbs 1:33

  But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

• Proverbs 2:1

  My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

• Proverbs 2:2

  So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

• Proverbs 2:3

  Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

• Proverbs 2:4

  If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

• Proverbs 2:5

  then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

• Proverbs 2:6

  For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

• Proverbs 2:7

  He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

• Proverbs 2:8

  that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

• Proverbs 2:9

  Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

• Proverbs 2:10

  For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

• Proverbs 2:11

  Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

• Proverbs 2:12

  to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

• Proverbs 2:13

  who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

• Proverbs 2:14

  who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

• Proverbs 2:15

  who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

• Proverbs 2:16

  To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

• Proverbs 2:17

  who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

• Proverbs 2:18

  for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

• Proverbs 2:19

  None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

• Proverbs 2:20

  that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

• Proverbs 3:13

  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

• Proverbs 3:14

  For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

• Proverbs 3:15

  She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

• Proverbs 3:16

  Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

• Proverbs 3:17

  Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

• Proverbs 3:18

  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

• Proverbs 3:19

  By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

• Proverbs 3:20

  By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

• Proverbs 3:21

  My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

• Proverbs 3:22

  so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

• Proverbs 3:23

  Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

• Proverbs 3:24

  When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

• Proverbs 3:25

  Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

• Proverbs 3:26

  for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

• Proverbs 3:34

  Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

• Proverbs 3:35

  The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

• Proverbs 4:4

  He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

• Proverbs 4:5

  Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

• Proverbs 4:6

  Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

• Proverbs 4:7

  Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

• Proverbs 4:8

  Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

• Proverbs 4:9

  She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

• Proverbs 4:10

  Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

• Proverbs 4:11

  I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

• Proverbs 4:12

  When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

• Proverbs 4:13

  Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

• Proverbs 4:18

  But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

• Proverbs 4:19

  The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

• Proverbs 4:20

  My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

• Proverbs 4:21

  Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

• Proverbs 4:22

  For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

• Proverbs 5:12

  and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

• Proverbs 7:2

  Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

• Proverbs 7:3

  Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

• Proverbs 7:4

  Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

• Proverbs 8:1

  Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

• Proverbs 8:2

  On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

• Proverbs 8:3

  Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

• Proverbs 8:4

  “To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

• Proverbs 8:5

  You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

• Proverbs 8:6

  Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

• Proverbs 8:7

  For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

• Proverbs 8:8

  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

• Proverbs 8:9

  They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

• Proverbs 8:10

  Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

• Proverbs 8:11

  For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

• Proverbs 8:12

  “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

• Proverbs 8:13

  The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

• Proverbs 8:14

  Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

• Proverbs 8:15

  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

• Proverbs 8:16

  By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

• Proverbs 8:17

  I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

• Proverbs 8:18

  With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

• Proverbs 8:19

  My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

• Proverbs 8:20

  I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice;

• Proverbs 8:21

  That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

• Proverbs 8:22

  “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

• Proverbs 8:23

  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

• Proverbs 8:24

  When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.

• Proverbs 8:25

  Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;

• Proverbs 8:26

  while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

• Proverbs 8:27

  When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

• Proverbs 8:28

  when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

• Proverbs 8:29

  when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

• Proverbs 8:30

  then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

• Proverbs 8:31

  Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

• Proverbs 8:32

  “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

• Proverbs 8:33

  Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

• Proverbs 8:34

  Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

• Proverbs 8:35

  For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

• Proverbs 8:36

  But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

• Proverbs 9:1

  Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

• Proverbs 9:2

  She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

• Proverbs 9:3

  She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

• Proverbs 9:4

  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

• Proverbs 9:5

  “Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

• Proverbs 9:6

  Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

• Proverbs 9:9

  Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

• Proverbs 9:10

  The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

• Proverbs 9:11

  For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

• Proverbs 9:12

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

• Proverbs 10:8

  The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

• Proverbs 10:13

  Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

• Proverbs 10:14

  Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

• Proverbs 10:21

  The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

• Proverbs 10:23

  It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

• Proverbs 11:9

  With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

• Proverbs 11:12

  One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

• Proverbs 12:1

  Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

• Proverbs 12:8

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

• Proverbs 12:15

  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

• Proverbs 13:14

  The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

• Proverbs 13:15

  Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

• Proverbs 13:16

  Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

• Proverbs 14:6

  A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

• Proverbs 14:7

  Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

• Proverbs 14:8

  The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

• Proverbs 14:16

  A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

• Proverbs 14:18

  The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

• Proverbs 14:33

  Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

• Proverbs 15:2

  The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

• Proverbs 15:7

  The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

• Proverbs 15:33

  The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

• Proverbs 16:16

  How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

• Proverbs 16:20

  He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

• Proverbs 16:21

  The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

• Proverbs 16:22

  Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

• Proverbs 16:23

  The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

• Proverbs 16:24

  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Proverbs 17:10

  A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

• Proverbs 17:24

  Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

• Proverbs 18:15

  The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

• Proverbs 19:8

  He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

• Proverbs 19:20

  Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

• Proverbs 21:11

  When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

• Proverbs 22:17

  Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

• Proverbs 22:18

  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

• Proverbs 22:19

  That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

• Proverbs 22:20

  Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

• Proverbs 22:21

  To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

• Proverbs 23:12

  Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

• Proverbs 23:19

  Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

• Proverbs 23:23

  Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

• Proverbs 24:13

  My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

• Proverbs 24:14

  so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

• Proverbs 28:5

  Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

• Proverbs 28:7

  Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

• Proverbs 29:3

  Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

• Ecclesiastes 8:1

  Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

• Ecclesiastes 8:5

  Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

• Ecclesiastes 9:13

  I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

• Ecclesiastes 9:14

  There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

• Ecclesiastes 9:15

  Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

• Ecclesiastes 9:16

  Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

• Ecclesiastes 9:17

  The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

• Ecclesiastes 9:18

  Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

• Ecclesiastes 10:12

  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

• Ecclesiastes 12:11

  The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

• Isaiah 2:3

  Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go out, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 11:9

  They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

• Isaiah 29:24

  They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”

• Isaiah 33:6

  There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

• Jeremiah 9:23

  Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

• Jeremiah 9:24

  But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,” says Yahweh.

• Jeremiah 31:34

  and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.”

• Daniel 1:17

  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• Daniel 5:14

  I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

• Daniel 11:32

  Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and take action.

• Daniel 11:33

  Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

• Daniel 12:3

  Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

• Daniel 12:4

  But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased.”

• Daniel 12:10

  Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

• Hosea 6:3

  Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

• Hosea 6:6

  For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

• Hosea 14:9

  Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

• Matthew 2:1

  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

• Matthew 2:2

  “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

• Matthew 2:3

  When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

• Matthew 2:4

  Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

• Matthew 2:5

  They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

• Matthew 2:6

  ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”

• Matthew 2:7

  Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

• Matthew 2:8

  He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”

• Matthew 2:9

  They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

• Matthew 2:10

  When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

• Matthew 2:11

  They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

• Matthew 2:12

  Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

• Matthew 6:22

  “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

• Acts 7:10

  and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

• Acts 7:22

  Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

• 2 Peter 3:15

  Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;