שָׂכַלsâkal/saw-kal'/
HebrewH791965 occurrences (KJV)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV renders it: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.
Where it appears(showing the first 63 of 65)
- Gen 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
- Gen 48:14Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Deut 29:9Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- Deut 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Josh 1:7Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Josh 1:8This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- 1 Sam 18:5David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
- 1 Sam 18:14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
- 1 Sam 18:15When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
- 1 Sam 18:30Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
- 1 Kgs 2:3and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- 2 Kgs 18:7Yahweh was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
- 1 Chr 28:19“All this”, said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
- 2 Chr 30:22Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- Neh 8:13On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
- Neh 9:20You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
- Job 22:2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
- Job 34:27because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
- Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
- Ps 2:10Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
- Ps 14:2Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
- Ps 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
- Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- Ps 41:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Ps 47:7For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
- Ps 53:2God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.
- Ps 64:9All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
- Ps 94:8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
- Ps 101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Ps 106:7Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Ps 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
- Prov 1:3to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
- Prov 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
- Prov 10:19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
- Prov 14:35The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
- Prov 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
- Prov 16:20He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
- Prov 16:23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
- Prov 17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
- Prov 17:8A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
- Prov 19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
- Prov 21:11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
- Prov 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Prov 21:16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
- Isa 41:20that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- Isa 44:18They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
- Isa 52:13Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.
- Jer 3:15I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
- Jer 9:24But 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.
- Jer 10:21For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
- Jer 20:11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
- Jer 23:5“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jer 50:9For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
- Dan 1:4youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
- Dan 1:17Now 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.
- Dan 9:13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
- Dan 9:22He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.
- Dan 9:25Know therefore and discern, that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.
- Dan 11:33Those 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.
- Dan 11:35Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
- Dan 12:3Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
- Dan 12:10Many 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.
- Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.