So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
<JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.
The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.
<TAU> Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.
To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.
Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.
He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.
A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.
Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:
About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:
Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.
Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and trained in all wisdom, having a good education and much knowledge, and able to take positions in the king's house; and to have them trained in the writing and language of the Chaldaeans.
Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.
And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.
Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;
And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.
As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;
And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you.
As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.
And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.
Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?
The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?
And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
And when the sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?
And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.
The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,
O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
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