An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
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