Bible Verses about Understanding

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• Call to me and I will answer you and reveal to you great and mysterious secrets about which you are unaware.
  Jeremiah 33:3prayerlistening
• Just as you do not know the path of the wind
  or how the body is formed in a woman’s womb,
  so you do not know the work of God,
  the Creator of all.
  Ecclesiastes 11:5God
• A patient man shows good sense,
  but a quick-tempered man displays the height of folly.
  Proverbs 14:29wisdompatienceanger
• The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom,
  and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding.
  Proverbs 4:7wisdom
• I will instruct you
  and guide you in the way you should go;
  I will counsel you
  and keep my eyes upon you.
  Psalm 32:8encouragementlearning
• A man’s ways may seem right to him,
  but the Lord weighs the heart.
  Proverbs 21:2righteousnessjudgmentthoughts
• For our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal.
  2 Corinthians 4:18eternal lifematerialism
• I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation to know him.
  Ephesians 1:17Spiritwisdom
• Many are the plans in a human mind,
  but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail.
  Proverbs 19:21planningdependence
• Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. Avoid every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22evilprophecy
• The explanation of your words gives light
  and imparts understanding to the simple.
  Psalm 119:130Word of Godlight
• Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
  Matthew 19:26miraclessalvation
• As the heavens are higher than the earth,
  so are my ways higher than your ways
  and my thoughts above your thoughts.
  Isaiah 55:9planningheaven
• Do you not know?
  Have you not heard?
  The Lord is the eternal God,
  the Creator of the earth’s farthest boundaries.
  He does not faint or grow weary;
  his understanding cannot be scrutinized.
  Isaiah 40:28creationwisdom
• Although we are human beings, we do not engage in battle according to human standards.
  2 Corinthians 10:3lifeworld
• Rather, grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  To him be glory both now and for all eternity. Amen.
  2 Peter 3:18graceworship
• Woe to anyone who rises up against his Maker,
  or to the pot that is displeased with the potter.
  Does the clay say to the one who molds it,
  “What are you doing?
  Your work makes no sense.”
  Isaiah 45:9creationhumility
• Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
  Romans 11:33Godwisdom
• Blessed is the person who has found wisdom,
  the one who has gained understanding.
  Proverbs 3:13wisdommind
• Acquire wisdom and gain understanding;
  never forget or turn aside from my words.
  Proverbs 4:5wisdomWord of Godobedience
• While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13temptationdesires
• For to you a thousand years
  are like a yesterday that has passed
  or one of the watches of the night.
  Psalm 90:4Godlife
• Jesus replied,
  “Amen, amen, I say to you,
  no one can see the kingdom of God
  without being born from above.”
  John 3:3kingdomrebirth
• I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love so that they may grow rich in their complete understanding as they come to the knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ.
  Colossians 2:2Jesusencouragementlove
• Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusserving