Bible Verses about Understanding

Call to me and I will answer you and reveal to you… Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you and reveal to you great and mysterious secrets about which you are unaware. Jeremiah 33:3	Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know. prayer listening
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 11:5	As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all. God

A patient man shows good sense, but a quick-tempered man displays the height of folly. Proverbs 14:29	He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. wisdom patience anger
The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom, and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding. Proverbs 4:7	Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. wisdom
I will instruct you and guide you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and keep my eyes upon you. Psalm 32:8	I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. encouragement learning
A man’s ways may seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart. Proverbs 21:2	Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. righteousness judgment thoughts
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 4:18	While we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. eternal life materialism
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 1:17	That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Spirit wisdom
Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. Proverbs 19:21	There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. planning dependence
Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. Avoid every form of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22	Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil. evil prophecy
The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130	The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. Word of God light
Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26	Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” miracles salvation
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9	For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. planning heaven
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 40:28	Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. creation wisdom
Although we are human beings, we do not engage in battle according to human standards. 2 Corinthians 10:3	For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh. life world
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 3:18	But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. grace worship
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 45:9	Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’? creation humility
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways! Romans 11:33	Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! God wisdom
Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. Proverbs 3:13	Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. wisdom mind
Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. Proverbs 4:5	Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. wisdom Word of God obedience
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 1:13	Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. temptation desires
For to you a thousand years are like a yesterday that has passed or one of the watches of the night. Psalm 90:4	For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. God life
Jesus replied, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” John 3:3	Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.” kingdom rebirth
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free man, there is no longer male or female. For all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28	There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Jesus community slavery
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 2:2	That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ. Jesus encouragement love