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Wisdom



Job 12:13

With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Job 12:16

With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.

Job 13:5

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 26:3

How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Job 28:12

But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?

Job 28:18

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.



Job 28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

Job 32:7

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Job 32:13

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Job 33:33

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Job 34:35

Job|hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.

Job 36:5

Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.



Job 38:36

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 39:17

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:26

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?

Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalms 49:3

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.

Psalms 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.



Psalms 90:12

So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.

Psalms 104:24

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Psalms 105:22

To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

Psalms 111:10

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:5

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Proverbs 1:3

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;



Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 2:2

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:6

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 3:13

Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.



Proverbs 3:19

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:11

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 7:4

Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

Proverbs 8:1

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:12

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

Proverbs 10:13

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.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:23

[It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Proverbs 11:2

[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 11:12

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Proverbs 12:8

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 13:10

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:1

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

Proverbs 19:8

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 21:30

[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Proverbs 23:4

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 24:3

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:14

So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 30:3

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Proverbs 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct.

Isaiah 10:13

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:

Isaiah 11:2

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;

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.

Isaiah 33:6

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.

Isaiah 47:10

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.


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