Bible Verses about 'Scripture that makes you wise'
- A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother's grief. - The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
- The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low, he also exalts. - Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.
- So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
- Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm. - Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
- And let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.’
- But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
- All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
- My child, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad. - Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.
- God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and makes me tread upon the heights. - A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back. - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - The wise of heart will heed commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin. - The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it. - Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,
but the lips of fools consume them. - So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart. - Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
- The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. - Even fools who keep silent are considered wise;
when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent. - The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
making wise the simple. - The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters. - Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
- Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
- Anxiety weighs down the human heart,
but a good word cheers it up. - A gift opens doors;
it gives access to the great. - Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body. - Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them. - Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to desist. - Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
- For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.
- In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”
- Our steps are made firm by the Lord,
when he delights in our way. - Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
- Lying lips conceal hatred,
and whoever utters slander is a fool. - Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. - What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar. - Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
- What are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them? - You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.
- Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle,
but those who gather little by little will increase it. - When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech. - I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
- Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
- If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.
- You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.
- I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
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