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100 Bible Verses about Knowledge Is Power

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 243 helpful votes

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

Hosea 4:6 ESV / 170 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.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 166 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Proverbs 24:5 ESV / 145 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:66 ESV / 141 helpful votes

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

James 1:5 ESV / 134 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.

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 133 helpful votes

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 130 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!

Acts 1:8 ESV / 129 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 115 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.

Proverbs 2:10 ESV / 109 helpful votes

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 109 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 12:8 ESV / 108 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,

Proverbs 15:14 ESV / 108 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 107 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Proverbs 18:15 ESV / 107 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 1:29 ESV / 107 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 106 helpful votes

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

Genesis 3:5 ESV / 104 helpful votes

For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 102 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Isaiah 11:2 ESV / 95 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 18:2 ESV / 93 helpful votes

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

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 80 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Jeremiah 4:1-31 ESV / 80 helpful votes

“If you return, O Israel, declares the Lord, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver, and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.” For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.” Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!’ ...

John 8:32 ESV / 78 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Romans 1:16 ESV / 76 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Daniel 12:4 ESV / 76 helpful votes

But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Romans 11:33 ESV / 75 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 12:1 ESV / 75 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 74 helpful votes

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

John 14:6 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV / 74 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 8:10 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,

Proverbs 3:1-35 ESV / 74 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. ...

Proverbs 2:1-22 ESV / 74 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. ...

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 74 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 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 73 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.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 72 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 72 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 16:22 ESV / 72 helpful votes

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

James 3:13 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Colossians 1:11 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 71 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 71 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.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 71 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.

Hosea 4:6-7 ESV / 71 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. The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 71 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;

Proverbs 24:14 ESV / 71 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 16:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 2:10-11 ESV / 71 helpful votes

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,

Job 28:28 ESV / 71 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 3:17 ESV / 70 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.

Colossians 4:5-6 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 1:19 ESV / 70 helpful votes

And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 70 helpful votes

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

John 3:16 ESV / 70 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.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 70 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.

Daniel 2:23 ESV / 70 helpful votes

To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.”

Isaiah 40:28 ESV / 70 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.

Isaiah 28:29 ESV / 70 helpful votes

This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:33 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:10 ESV / 70 helpful votes

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 70 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 70 helpful votes

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 19:2 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 69 helpful votes

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 ESV / 69 helpful votes

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

James 3:13-18 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. ...

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 68 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

John 6:53 ESV / 68 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 66 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Proverbs 16:2 ESV / 66 helpful votes

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 66 helpful votes

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

John 8:44 ESV / 62 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 58 helpful votes

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

James 3:2 ESV / 56 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 53 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,

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 52 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, ...

Luke 1:35 ESV / 50 helpful votes

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

Ephesians 3:16 ESV / 49 helpful votes

That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Luke 24:49 ESV / 49 helpful votes

And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

1 John 4:7 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 48 helpful votes

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 46 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.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Luke 10:19 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

James 1:19 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 42 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 42 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 42 helpful votes

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. ...

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