Wisdom
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Wisdom’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 49–72 of 343 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be…
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Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
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He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love…
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But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day. The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over. My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my…
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and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
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Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice? On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands. Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud: “I call to you men! I…
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Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars. She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table. She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: “Whoever is…
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Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning. The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be…
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The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
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Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
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Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
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It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
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With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
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One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
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Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
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The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death. Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
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A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips. The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of…
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A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
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The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.