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Wisdom / Understanding / Stupidity
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding -
Proverbs 18:2
A wise man fears the LORD -
Proverbs 14:16
Be careful how you live - not as unwise but as wise -
Ephesians 5:15
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders -
Colossians 4:5
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom -
Proverbs 9:10
Fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom -
Proverbs 15:33
God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine -
Ephesians 3:20
God has hidden things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children -
Matthew 11:25
God's thoughts are not our thoughts, nor our ways his ways -
Isaiah 55:8
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ -
2 Peter 3:18
If it is the Lord's will - Life is a mist -
James 4:13,
14,
15
Insight comes from mediating on God's statutes -
Psalms 119:99
Obedience shows your wisdom -
Deuteronomy 4:6
Pray for wisdom -
James 1:5
Price of wisdom is beyond rubies -
Job 28:18
Simple gain wisdom -
Proverbs 21:11
Simple man believes anything -
Proverbs 14:15
Test everything -
1 Thessalonians 5:21
The statutes of the LORD make the simple wise -
Psalms 19:7
The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight -
1 Corinthians 3:19
Understanding comes from obeying God's precepts -
Psalms 119:100
Wisdom from heaven is pure -
James 3:17
Wisdom gives patience -
Proverbs 19:11
Wisdom is more precious than rubies -
Proverbs 8:11
Wisdom is peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere -
James 3:17
Wisdom is supreme, cost all you have -
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom much better than gold -
Proverbs 16:16
Wisdom shown in life and with humility -
James 3:13,
14,
15
Wise in heart accept commands -
Proverbs 10:8
Wise men turn away anger -
Proverbs 29:8
With humility comes wisdom -
Proverbs 11:2
With much wisdom comes much sorrow -
Ecclesiastes 1:18
World through its wisdom did not know God -
1 Corinthians 1:21
Your faith should not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power -
1 Corinthians 2:5
Instances of
God gave wisdom to some skilled men - Exodus 28:3
Paul to Felix - "What I am saying is true and reasonable" - Acts 26:25
Solomon - asked for wisdom and God gave more than any human - 1 Kings 3:11, 12
Instances of Stupidity
Jacob to sons on getting food - "Why do you just keep looking at each other?" - Genesis 42:1