The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.


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Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Deuteronomy 4 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 18 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy 29 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
1 Kings 3 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 9 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 11 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 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 17 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job 21 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 34 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 36 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 14 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 53 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Psalms 69 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Psalms 85 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 94 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 111 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.
Psalms 119 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Proverbs 1 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.