Bible Verses about 'Scripture that makes you wise'
- As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
- Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm. - Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
- Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
- The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts. - But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
- A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed. - Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end. - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. - The wise in heart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin. - The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights. - Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips. - The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. - Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
- Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues. - The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters. - The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple. - Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- The blessing of the Lord brings wealth,
without painful toil for it. - The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him. - Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up. - So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- A gift opens the way
and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. - Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones. - Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
- Who is wise? Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them. - Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. - You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions. - Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
- As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things. - Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool. - Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
- What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar. - What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them? - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
- Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues. - Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
- Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness. - I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
- You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
- Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. - Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
- And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 
