When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
"Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"
Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what the LORD of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden."
The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
And likewise their gods of wood, overlain with silver and gold, are like a white thorn in an orchard, which every bird sits upon; and also like a dead body, which is cast into the dark.
How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what kind of wisdom is in them?
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
Thus says the LORD, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it appertains to you; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
But the LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;
A sword is on the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
"Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot." So Simeon went with him.
Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
So he brought down the people to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink."
He said to them, "Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.
All the people likewise each cut down his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'"
He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."
They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
Thus says the LORD: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, "Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day."
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
"Won't I in that day," says the LORD, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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