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100 Bible Verses about Wisdom And Understanding

James 1:5 ESV / 44 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.

James 3:17 ESV / 43 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 2:6 ESV / 41 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:16 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 37 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!

Romans 11:33 ESV / 34 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 40:28 ESV / 31 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 11:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

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

James 3:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

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

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 27 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. ...

Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 27 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,

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 24:14 ESV / 27 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.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 25 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.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 25 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.

Proverbs 14:1-29:27 ESV / 25 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 / 25 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 3:1-13:25 ESV / 25 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 1:7 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

Colossians 4:5-6 ESV / 24 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.

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 15:33 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:10 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 28:29 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 22 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 8:35 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 21 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.

Hosea 14:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Daniel 2:23 ESV / 21 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.”

Ecclesiastes 7:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 21 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

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

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Proverbs 15:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 19 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,

Ecclesiastes 1:18 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 23:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.

Proverbs 13:1-20:30 ESV / 19 helpful votes

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace. ...

Proverbs 12:1-16:33 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ...

Proverbs 10:1-11:31 ESV / 19 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Proverbs 4:1-11:31 ESV / 19 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 1:1-23:35 ESV / 19 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, ...

2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 18 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.

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.

Isaiah 55:1-58:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. ...

Isaiah 40:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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

Job 28:28 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 4:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.

Proverbs 2:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 1:1-7:27 ESV / 16 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, ...

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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

Psalm 90:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV / 14 helpful votes

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Ecclesiastes 10:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 ESV / 14 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 3:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

James 1:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

John 16:13 ESV / 13 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.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Proverbs 23:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 9:10-12 ESV / 13 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.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 13 helpful votes

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

Job 12:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

1 John 5:20 ESV / 12 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.

Ephesians 1:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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

Romans 14:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

Romans 11:2 ESV / 12 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 3:16-17 ESV / 12 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.

Luke 21:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

James 3:2 ESV / 11 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.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 2:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Colossians 2:2-3 ESV / 11 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.

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.

Daniel 12:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 11 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 18:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 14:33 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

James 3:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

1 Corinthians 3:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

Isaiah 28:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.

Psalm 119:66 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

James 1:13 ESV / 9 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.

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

Colossians 2:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

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