Bible Verses about Understanding
| Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. | Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know. |
| As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything. | 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. |
| He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly. | He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. |
| Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. | Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. |
| I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. |
| Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. |
| While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. | 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. |
| That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. | 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. |
| There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. |
| Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
| The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. | The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
| But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” |
| For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. | 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. |
| For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. | For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh. |
| But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. |
| Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! | 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! |
| Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’? | 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’? |
| Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding. | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. |
| Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. |
| Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. | 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. |
| There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. | 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. |
| For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. | For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. |
| Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” | Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.” |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
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