VERSES: Understanding, Wisdom, Knowledge
Relational Wisdom and Knowledge of Christ vs Worldly Wisdom and Knowledge
Strong’s Hebrew ConcordanceGuide, Instruct, Understand [h7919] sakal occurs 29x in 26 verses
- a primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent:
- —consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.
to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper
(Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect
(Hiphil)
to look at or upon, have insight
to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent
to have insight, have comprehension
insight, comprehension (subst)
to cause to consider, give insight, teach
the teachers, the wise
to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely
to prosper, have success
to cause to prosper
(Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands)
Genesis 3:66 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise [h7919], she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 48:14 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim’s head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding [h7919] his hands wittingly[h7919]; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.
Deuteronomy 29:9 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper [h7919] in all that ye do.
Deuteronomy 32:29 29 O that they were wise, [that] they understand [h7919] this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
Joshua 1:7-8 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper [h7919] whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
1 Samuel 18:5, 14-15, 30 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely [h7919]: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. … 14 And David behaved himself wiselt [h7919] in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved [h7919] himself very wisely [h7919], he was afraid of him. … 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely [h7919] than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
1 Kings 2:3 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper [h7919] in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
2 Kings 18:7 7 And the LORD was with him; [and] he prospered [h7919] whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
1 Chronicles 28:19 19 All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand [h7919] in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.
2 Chronicles 30:22 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught [h7919] the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
Nehemiah 8:13 13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand [h7919] the words of the law.
Nehemiah 9:20 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct [h7919] them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Job 22:2 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise [h7919] may be profitable unto himself?
Job 34:27, 35 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider [h7919] any of his ways: … 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
Psalm 2:10 10 Be wise [h7919] now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalm 14:2 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand [h7919], [and] seek God.
Psalm 32:8 8 I will instruct [h7919] thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalm 36:3 3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise [h7919], [and] to do good.
Psalm 41:1 1 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed [is] he that considers [h7919]the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalm 47:7 7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding [h7919].
Psalm 53:2 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand[h7919], that did seek God.
Psalm 64:9 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely [h7919]consider of his doing.
Psalm 94:8 8 Understand [h7919], ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalm 101:2 2 I will behave myself wisely [h7919] in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Psalm 106:7 7 Our fathers understood [h7919] not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
Psalm 119:99 99 I have more understanding [h7919] than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
Proverbs 1:3 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom [h7919], justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 10:5, 19 5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise [h7919]son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame. … 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise [h7919].
Proverbs 14:35 35 The king’s favour [is] toward a wise [h7919] servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 15:24 24 The way of life [is] above to the wise [h7919], that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 16:20, 23 20 He that handleth a matter wisely [h7919] shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he. … 23 The heart of the wise [h7919] teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 17:2, 8 2 A wise [h7919] servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. … 8 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospers[h7919].
Proverbs 19:14 14 House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent [h7919] wife [is] from the LORD.
Proverbs 21:11-12, 16 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed [h7919], he receiveth knowledge. 12 The righteous [man] wisely [h7919] considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness. … 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding [h7919] shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Isaiah 41:20 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand [h7919] together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Isaiah 44:18 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand [h7919].
Isaiah 52:13 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently [h7919], he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Jeremiah 3:15 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding [h7919].
Jeremiah 9:24 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understands [h7919]and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 10:21 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper [h7919], and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Jeremiah 20:11 11 But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper [h7919]: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 23:5 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper[h7919], and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jeremiah 50:9 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert [h7919] man; none shall return in vain.
Daniel 1:4, 17 4 Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful [h7919] in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. … 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill [h7919] in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 9:13, 22, 25 13 As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand [h7919] thy truth. … 22 And he informed [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill [h7919]and understanding. … 25 Know therefore and understand [h7919], [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel 11:33, 35 33 And they that understand [h7919] among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days. … 35 And [some] of them of understanding [h7919] shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make [them] white, [even] to the time of the end: because [it is] yet for a time appointed.
Daniel 12:3, 10 3 And they that be wise [h7919] shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. … 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise [h7919] shall understand.
Amos 5:13 13 Therefore the prudent [h7919] shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
Strong’s Hebrew ConcordanceGuide, Instruct, Understand [h995] bîyn occurs 170 in 162 verses 18 books 102 chapters 19 Daniel
- a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish),
- i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
to discern, understand, consider
(Qal)
to perceive, discern
to understand, know (with the mind)
to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider
to have discernment, insight, understanding
(Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding
(Hiphil)
to understand
to cause to understand, give understanding, teach
(Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently
(Polel) to teach, instruct
(TWOT) prudent, regard
Genesis 41:33, 39 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet [h995] and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. … 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, [there is] none so discreet [h995] and wise as thou [art]:
Deuteronomy 1:13 13 Take you wise men, and understanding [h995], and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy 4:6 6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding [h995] people.
Deuteronomy 32:7, 10, 29 7 Remember the days of old, consider [h995] the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. … 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed [h995] him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. … 29 O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider [h995] their latter end!
1 Samuel 3:8 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived [h995] that the LORD had called the child.
1 Samuel 16:18 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent [h995] in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
2 Samuel 12:19 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived [h995] that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
1 Kings 3:9, 11-12, 21 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding [h995] heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? … 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding [h995] to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding [h995] heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. … 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered [h995] it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 Chronicles 15:22 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful [h995].
1 Chronicles 25:7-8 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed [h995] in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8 And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher [h995] as the scholar.
1 Chronicles 27:32 32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise [h995] man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king’s sons:
1 Chronicles 28:9 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understands [h995] all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 11:23 23 And he dealt wisely [h995], and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 26:5 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding [h995] in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
2 Chronicles 34:12 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill [h995] of instruments of musick.
2 Chronicles 35:3 3 And said unto the Levites that taught [h995] all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
Ezra 8:15-16 15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed [h995] the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 16 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 [h995].
Nehemiah 8:2-3, 7-9, 12 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding [h995], upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand [h995]; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law. … 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand [h995] the law: and the people [stood] in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand [h995] the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught [h995] the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. … 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understoodd [h995] the words that were declared unto them.
Nehemiah 10:28 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding [h995];
Nehemiah 13:7 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understoodd [h995] of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Job 6:24, 30 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand [h995] wherein I have erred. … 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 9:11 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 11:11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
Job 13:1 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understoodd [h995] it.
Job 14:21 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
Job 15:9 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest [h995] thou, which [is] not in us?
Job 18:2 2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job 23:5, 8, 15 5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand [h995] what he would say unto me. … 8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: … 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Job 26:14 14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand [h995]?
Job 28:23 23 God understands [h995] the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 30:20 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
Job 31:1 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think [h995] upon a maid?
Job 32:8-9 8 But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding [h995]. 9 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand [h995] judgment.
Job 32:12 12 Yea, I attended [h995] unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:
Job 36:29 29 Also can [any] understand [h995] the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 37:14 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job 38:18, 20 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. … 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
Job 42:3 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood [h995] not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalm 5:1 1 [[To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.]] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider [h995] my meditation.
Psalm 19:12 12 Who can understand [h995] [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
Psalm 28:5 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Psalm 32:9 9 Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding [h995]: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalm 33:15 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considers [h995] all their works.
Psalm 37:10 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider [h995] his place, and it [shall] not [be].
Psalm 49:20 20 Man [that is] in honour, and understands [h995]not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
Psalm 50:22 22 Now consider [h995] this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
Psalm 58:9 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
Psalm 73:17 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood [h995] I their end.
Psalm 82:5 5 They know not, neither will they understand [h995]; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psalm 92:6 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand [h995] this.
Psalm 94:7-8 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it]. 8 understand [h995], ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalm 107:43 43 Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand [h995] the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Psalm 119:27, 34, 73, 95, 100, 104, 125, 130, 144, 169
27 Make me to understand [h995] the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. …
34 Give me understanding [h995], and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart. …
73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding [h995], that I may learn thy commandments. …
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider [h995] thy testimonies. …
100 I understand [h995] more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. …
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding [h995]: therefore I hate every false way. …
125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding [h995], that I may know thy testimonies. …
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding [h995] unto the simple. …
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding [h995], and I shall live. …
169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding [h995] according to thy word.
Psalm 139:2 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understands [h995]my thought afar off.
Proverbs 1:2, 5-6 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive [h995] the words of understanding; … 5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding [h995] shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand [h995] a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 2:5, 9 5 Then shalt thou understand [h995] the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. … 9 Then shalt thou understand [h995] righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
Proverbs 7:7 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding [h995],
Proverbs 8:5, 9 5 O ye simple, understand [h995] wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding [h995] heart. … 9 They [are] all plain to him that understands [h995], and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 10:13 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding [h995] wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 14:6, 8, 15, 33 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understands [h995]. … 8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand [h995] his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit. … 15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudentman looks well [h995] to his going. … 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding [h995]: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15:14 14 The heart of him that hath understanding [h995] seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 16:21 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent [h995]: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 17:10, 24, 28 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man [h995] than an hundred stripes into a fool. … 24 Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding [h995]; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth. … 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding [h995].
Proverbs 18:15 15 The heart of the prudent [h995] getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 19:25 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding [h995], [and] he will understand [h995] knowledge.
Proverbs 20:24 24 Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand [h995] his own way?
Proverbs 21:29 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directs [h995] his way.
Proverbs 23:1 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently [h995] what [is] before thee:
Proverbs 24:12 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [h995] [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
Proverbs 28:2, 5, 7, 11 2 For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [h995] [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged. … 5 Evil men understand [h995] not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand [h995] all [things]. … 7 Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise [h995] son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father. … 11 The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding [h995] searcheth him out.
Proverbs 29:7, 19 7 The righteous understand [h995] the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regards [h995] not to know [it]. … 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand [h995] he will not answer.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 11 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 [h995], nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Isaiah 1:3 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider [h995].
Isaiah 3:3 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent [h995] orator.
Isaiah 5:21 21 Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent [h995] in their own sight!
Isaiah 6:9-10 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand [h995] not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand [h995] with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Isaiah 10:13 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent [h995]: 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 14:16 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider [h995] thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah 28:9, 19 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand [h995] doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. … 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [to] understand [h995] the report.
Isaiah 29:14, 16 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 [h995] [men] shall be hid. … 16 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 [h995]?
Isaiah 32:4 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand [h995] knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah 40:14, 21 14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed [h995] him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? … 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood [h995] from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 43:10, 18 10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand [h995] that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. … 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider [h995] the things of old.
Isaiah 44:18 18 They have not known nor understood [h995]: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 52:15 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for [that] which had not been told them shall they see; and [that] which they had not heard shall they consider [h995].
Isaiah 56:11 11 Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand [h995]: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Isaiah 57:1 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering [h995] that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
Jeremiah 2:10 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider [h995] diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Jeremiah 4:22 22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding [h995]: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 9:12, 17 12 Who [is] the wise man, that may understand [h995] this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? … 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, consider [h995] ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:
Jeremiah 23:20 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider [h995] it perfectly.
Jeremiah 30:24 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done [it], and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider [h995] it.
Jeremiah 49:7 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent [h995]? is their wisdom vanished?
Daniel 1:4, 17 4 Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding [h995] science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. … 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding [h995] in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 8:5, 16-17, 23, 27 5 And as I was considering [h995], behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes. … 16 And I heard a man’s voice between [the banks of] Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to understand [h995] the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, understand [h995], O son of man: for at the time of the end [shall be] the vision. … 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding [h995] dark sentences, shall stand up. … 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [certain] days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood [h995] [it].
Daniel 9:2, 22-23 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood [h995] by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. … 22 And he informed [h995] [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand [h995] the matter, and consider [h995] the vision.
Daniel 10:1, 11-12, 14 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood [h995] the thing, and had understanding of the vision. … 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand [h995] 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. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand [h995], and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. … 14 Now I am come to make thee understand [h995] what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision [is] for [many] days.
Daniel 11:30, 33, 37 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence [h995] with them that forsake the holy covenant. … 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct [h995] many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days. … 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard [h995] any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Daniel 12:8, 10 8 And I heard, but I understood [h995] not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]? … 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand [h995]; but the wise shall understand [h995].
Hosea 4:14 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand [h995] shall fall.
Hosea 14:9 9 Who [is] wise, and he shall understand [h995] these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Micah 4:12 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand [h995] they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Strong’s Hebrew Concordance
Deuteronomy 4:6 6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding [h998] in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding [h998] people.
1 Chronicles 12:32 32 And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding [h998] of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.
1 Chronicles 22:12 12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding [h998] , and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
2 Chronicles 2:12-13 12 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 [h998] , that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding [h998] , of Huram my father’s,
Job 20:3 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding [h998] causeth me to answer.
Job 28:12, 20, 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding [h998] ? … 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding [h998] ? … 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding [h998] .
Job 34:16 16 If now [thou hast] understanding [h998] , hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 38:4, 36 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding [h998] . … 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding [h998] to the heart?
Job 39:17, 26 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding [h998] . … 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
Proverbs 1:2 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding [h998] ;
Proverbs 2:3 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding [h998] ;
Proverbs 3:5 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding [h998] .
Proverbs 4:1, 5, 7 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding [h998] . … 5 Get wisdom, get understanding [h998] : forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. … 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding [h998] .
Proverbs 7:4 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [h998] [thy] kinswoman:
Proverbs 8:14 14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding [h998] ; I have strength.
Proverbs 9:6, 10 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding [h998] . … 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding [h998] .
Proverbs 16:16 16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding [h998] rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 23:4, 23 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. … 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding [h998] .
Proverbs 30:2 2 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding [h998] of a man.
Isaiah 11:2 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding [h998] , the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Isaiah 27:11 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding [h998] : therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isaiah 29:14, 24 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 [h998] of their prudent [men] shall be hid. … 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding [h998] , and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Isaiah 33:19 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand [h998].
Jeremiah 23:20 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly [h998].
Daniel 1:20 20 And in all matters of wisdom [and] understanding [h998] , that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians [and] astrologers that [were] in all his realm.
Daniel 8:15 15 And it came to pass, when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning [h998], then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 9:22 22 And he informed [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding [h998] .
Daniel 10:1 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding [h998] of the vision.
Strong’s Hebrew ConcordanceKnowledge [h1847] da’ath occurs 93 in 91 verses
- from H3045;
- knowledge:
- —cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
knowledge
knowledge, perception, skill
discernment, understanding, wisdom
Genesis 2:9, 179 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge [h1847] of good and evil. … 17 But of the tree of the knowledge [h1847] of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Exodus 31:3 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge [h1847], and in all manner of workmanship,
Exodus 35:31 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge [h1847], and in all manner of workmanship;
Numbers 24:16 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge [h1847] of the most High, [which] saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
Deuteronomy 4:42 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 19:4 4 And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Joshua 20:3, 5 3 That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. … 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
1 Kings 7:14 14 He [was] a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Job 10:7 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Job 13:2 2 What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.
Job 15:2 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge [h1847], and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 21:14, 22 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge [h1847] of thy ways. … 22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge [h1847]? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 33:3 3 My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge [h1847] clearly.
Job 34:35 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge [h1847], and his words [were] without wisdom.
Job 35:16 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge [h1847].
Job 36:12 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge [h1847].
Job 38:2 2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge [h1847]?
Job 42:3 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge [h1847]? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalm 19:2 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge [h1847].
Psalm 94:10 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge [h1847], [shall not he know]?
Psalm 119:66 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge [h1847]: for I have believed thy commandments.
Psalm 139:6 6 [Such] knowledge [h1847] [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Proverbs 1:4, 7, 22, 29 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge [h1847] and discretion. … 7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge [h1847]: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction. … 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge [h1847]? … 29 For that they hated knowledge [h1847], and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Proverbs 2:5-6, 10 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge [h1847] of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge [h1847] and understanding. … 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge [h1847] is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 3:20 20 By his knowledge [h1847] the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Proverbs 5:2 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 8:9-10, 12 9 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge [h1847]. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge [h1847] rather than choice gold. … 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge [h1847] of witty inventions.
Proverbs 9:10 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge [h1847] of the holy [is] understanding.
Proverbs 10:14 14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge [h1847]: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
Proverbs 11:9 9 An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge [h1847] shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs 12:1, 23 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge [h1847]: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. … 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge [h1847]: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 13:16 16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge [h1847]: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
Proverbs 14:6-7, 18 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [h1847] [is] easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge [h1847]. … 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 15:2, 7, 14 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge [h1847] aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. … 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [h1847]: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so. … 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge [h1847]: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 17:27 27 He that hath knowledge [h1847] spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 18:15 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge [h1847]; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 19:2, 25, 27 2 Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge [h1847], [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth. … 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge [h1847]. … 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 20:15 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [h1847] [are] a precious jewel.
Proverbs 21:11 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 22:12, 17, 20 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge [h1847], and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. … 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge [h1847]. … 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge [h1847],
Proverbs 23:12 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge [h1847].
Proverbs 24:4-5 4 And by knowledge [h1847] shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge [h1847] increaseth strength.
Proverbs 29:7 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
Proverbs 30:3 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge [h1847] of the holy.
Ecclesiastes 1:16, 18 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 [h1847]. … 18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge [h1847] increaseth sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 2:21, 26 21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge [h1847], 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. … 26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge [h1847], 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 7:12 12 For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [h1847] [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge [h1847], nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge [h1847]; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Isaiah 5:13 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge [h1847]: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah 11:2 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 [h1847] and of the fear of the LORD;
Isaiah 32:4 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge [h1847], and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah 33:6 6 And wisdom and knowledge [h1847] shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.
Isaiah 40:14 14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge [h1847], and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 44:19, 25 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge [h1847] nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? … 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge [h1847] foolish;
Isaiah 47:10 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge [h1847], it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.
Isaiah 48:4 4 Because I knew[h1847] that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah 53:11 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge [h1847] shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 58:2 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know [h1847] my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Jeremiah 10:14 14 Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge [h1847]: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
Jeremiah 22:16 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know [h1847]me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:17 17 Every man is brutish by [his] knowledge [h1847]; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
Daniel 1:4 4 Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge [h1847], and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 12:4 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge [h1847] shall be increased.
Hosea 4:1, 6 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge [h1847] of God in the land. … 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [h1847]: because thou hast rejected knowledge [h1847], I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 6:6 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge [h1847] of God more than burnt offerings.
Malachi 2:7 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge [h1847], and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Strong’s Hebrew ConcordanceWisdom [h2249] chakam occurs 27 in 26 verses
- a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act):—× exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
to be wise
(Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
(Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
(Pual) to be made wise
(Hiphil) to make wise
(Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one’s wisdom
Exodus 1:10 KJV – 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land.
Deuteronomy 32:29 KJV – 29 O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
1 Kings 4:31 KJV – 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
Job 32:9 KJV – 9 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 35:11 KJV – 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Psalm 19:7 KJV – 7 The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 58:5 KJV – 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Psalm 105:22 KJV – 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Psalm 119:98 KJV – 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
Proverbs 6:6 KJV – 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 8:33 KJV – 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Proverbs 9:9, 12 KJV – 9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning. … 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
Proverbs 13:20 KJV – 20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 19:20 KJV – 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 20:1 KJV – 1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 21:11 KJV – 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs 23:15, 19 KJV – 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. … 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs 27:11 KJV – 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 30:24 KJV – 24 There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
Ecclesiastes 2:15, 19 KJV – 15 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. … 19 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 shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:16, 23 KJV – 16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? … 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
Zechariah 9:2 KJV – 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Strong’s Hebrew ConcordanceWisdom [h2451] chokmah occurs 149 in 141 verses
- from H2449; wisdom (in a good sense):—skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Exodus 28:3 KJV – 3 And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Exodus 31:3, 6 KJV – 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, … 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
Exodus 35:26, 31, 35 KJV – 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ [hair]. … 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; … 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:1-2 KJV – 1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, [even] every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
Deuteronomy 4:6 KJV – 6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 34:9 KJV – 9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
2 Samuel 14:20 KJV – 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.
2 Samuel 20:22 KJV – 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
1 Kings 2:6 KJV – 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings 3:28 KJV – 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.
1 Kings 4:29-30, 34 KJV – 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. 30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. … 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kings 5:12 KJV – 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
1 Kings 7:14 KJV – 14 He [was] a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
1 Kings 10:4, 6-8, 23-24 KJV – 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built, … 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom. … 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings 11:41 KJV – 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
1 Chronicles 28:21 KJV – 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy commandment.
2 Chronicles 1:10-12 KJV – 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 12 Wisdom and knowledge [is] granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that [have been] before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles 9:3, 5-7, 22-23 KJV – 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, … 5 And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: [for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. … 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
Job 4:21 KJV – 21 Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Job 11:6 KJV – 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
Job 12:2, 12-13 KJV – 2 No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you. … 12 With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Job 13:5 KJV – 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 15:8 KJV – 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 26:3 KJV – 3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 28:12, 18, 20, 28 KJV – 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding? … 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies. … 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding? … 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, 13 KJV – 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. … 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Job 33:33 KJV – 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 38:36-37 KJV – 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Job 39:17 KJV – 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Psalm 37:30 KJV – 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalm 51:6 KJV – 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 90:12 KJV – 12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
Psalm 104:24 KJV – 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalm 107:27 KJV – 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Psalm 111:10 KJV – 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.
Proverbs 1:2, 7 KJV – 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; … 7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:2, 6, 10 KJV – 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; … 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. … 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 3:13, 19 KJV – 13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding. … 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs 4:5, 7, 11 KJV – 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. … 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. … 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Proverbs 5:1 KJV – 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 7:4 KJV – 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Proverbs 8:1, 11-12 KJV – 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? … 11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Proverbs 9:10 KJV – 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
Proverbs 10:13, 23, 31 KJV – 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. … 23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. … 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 11:2 KJV – 2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 KJV – 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
Proverbs 14:6, 8, 33 KJV – 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth. … 8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit. … 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15:33 KJV – 33 The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
Proverbs 16:16 KJV – 16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 17:16, 24 KJV – 16 Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? … 24 Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:4 KJV – 4 The words of a man’s mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
Proverbs 21:30 KJV – 30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Proverbs 23:23 KJV – 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 24:3, 14 KJV – 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: … 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 28:26 KJV – 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 29:3, 15 KJV – 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance. … 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 30:3 KJV – 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Proverbs 31:26 KJV – 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
Ecclesiastes 1:13, 16 KJV – 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. … 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 1:17-18 KJV – 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 2:3, 9, 12-13, 21, 26 KJV – 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. … 9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. … 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. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. … 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. … 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 7:10-12, 19, 23, 25 KJV – 10 Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. 11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun. 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. … 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city. … 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me. … 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, 16 KJV – 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. … 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, 13, 15-16, 18 KJV – 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. … 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me: … 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. 16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. … 18 Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ecclesiastes 10:1, 10 KJV – 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. … 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 KJV – 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 KJV – 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 KJV – 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 KJV – 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 KJV – 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.
Jeremiah 8:9 KJV – 9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
Jeremiah 9:23 KJV – 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
Jeremiah 10:12 KJV – 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jeremiah 49:7 KJV – 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah 51:15 KJV – 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Ezekiel 28:4-5, 7, 12, 17 KJV – 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: … 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. … 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. … 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Daniel 1:4, 17, 20 KJV – 4 Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. … 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. … 20 And in all matters of wisdom [and] understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians [and] astrologers that [were] in all his realm.