- The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your possessions, acquire understanding. - When pride comes, then comes dishonor;
But with the humble there is wisdom. - Blessed is a person who finds wisdom,
And one who obtains understanding. - For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. - So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. - I have instructed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths. - Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. - Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel. - One who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
One who keeps understanding will find good. - How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. - The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility. - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. - This also comes from the Lord of armies,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great. - But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
- Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
- He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
All those who follow His commandments have a good understanding;
His praise endures forever. - Know that wisdom is the same for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off. - Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
- That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
- But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.
- To You, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,
For You have given me wisdom and power;
Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s matter. - Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty. Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion, Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.Next verse!With image