Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out. A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men. The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him. Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents. An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle. . . .

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity. To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel . . .

To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure, then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! . . .

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. . . .

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. . . .

For no word from God will ever fail.”

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.