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100 Bible Verses about Knowledge And Understanding

Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

James 1:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 29 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 26 helpful votes

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 24 helpful votes

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Romans 11:33 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Proverbs 12:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes

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

Hosea 4:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Isaiah 40:28 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Proverbs 15:14 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Proverbs 16:16 ESV / 20 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

1 Corinthians 8:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

Proverbs 18:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Isaiah 11:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 4:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

1 Kings 3:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes

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?”

James 3:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Proverbs 24:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 3:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Ecclesiastes 1:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 2:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes

My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,

Psalm 119:66 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Psalm 19:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

Job 28:28 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

James 3:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Colossians 2:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

James 1:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

1 Corinthians 12:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

John 16:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 14:1-29:27 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. ...

Proverbs 4:1-5:23 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Proverbs 3:1-13:25 ESV / 14 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ...

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Colossians 2:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes

In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Proverbs 16:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 13 helpful votes

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Ephesians 1:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Proverbs 23:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 9:10-12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Proverbs 2:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Proverbs 1:29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

Ephesians 1:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

2 Corinthians 10:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 11:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

John 5:1-20:31 ESV / 11 helpful votes

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” ...

John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:1-36 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Isaiah 55:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 45:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?

Ecclesiastes 2:26 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Proverbs 19:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Mark 9:35 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 2:1-22 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. ...

Exodus 31:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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.

Isaiah 45:1-49:26 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: “I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, ...

Proverbs 15:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Psalm 145:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 90:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

1 John 5:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And we know 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, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

James 1:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Colossians 2:2-3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 10:1-13:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. ...

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