Wisdom

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Ecclesiastes 10:12 OT

  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

• Ecclesiastes 12:11 OT

  The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

• Isaiah 2:3 OT

  Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from…

• Isaiah 11:9 OT

  They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

• Isaiah 29:24 OT

  They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”

• Isaiah 33:6 OT

  There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

• Jeremiah 9:23 OT

  Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

• Jeremiah 9:24 OT

  But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

• Jeremiah 31:34 OT

  They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their…

• Daniel 11:32 OT

  He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong, and take action.

• Daniel 11:33 OT

  “Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

• Daniel 12:3 OT

  Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

• Daniel 12:4 OT

  But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”

• Daniel 12:10 OT

  Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand.

• Hosea 6:3 OT

  Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

• Hosea 6:6 OT

  For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

• Hosea 14:9 OT

  Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

• Matthew 6:22 NT

  “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

• Matthew 6:23 NT

  But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

• Matthew 7:24 NT

  “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

• Matthew 7:25 NT

  The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

• Matthew 11:19 NT

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

• Matthew 25:1-13 NT

  “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but…

• Mark 12:32-34 NT

  The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his…