And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
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 of the fear of the LORD;
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
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In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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