Understanding

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.

If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.

Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

…by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

…if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

…if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

…did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”

I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.

…to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

…so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

…and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.