Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.


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Deuteronomy 4 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
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 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 6 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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 12 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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 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 21 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 27 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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 32 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
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 34 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
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 36 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 42 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
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 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 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
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 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Psalms 119 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psalms 119 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psalms 119 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms 119 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Psalms 139 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.