And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons:
Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt.
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
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.
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea farther; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.
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.
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.
The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
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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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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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