Bible Verses about Understanding
| Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. | Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. |
| 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. | Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything. |
| Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly. | One who is slow to anger has great understanding; But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness. |
| The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight. | The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding. |
| I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you. |
| All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every person’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord examines the hearts. |
| Because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. | While we look not 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. |
| I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him. | 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. |
| The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established. | Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand. |
| But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. | But examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. |
| The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. |
| But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” | And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people 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 Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. | Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable. |
| Indeed, we live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards. | For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage battle 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 to the day of eternity. Amen. | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. |
| Woe to you who strive with your Maker, earthen vessels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”? or “Your work has no handles”? | Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker— A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’? |
| O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! | Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! |
| Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding. | Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding. |
| Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. |
| No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. | No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
| For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. | For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or like a watch in the night. |
| Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” | Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” |
| I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself. | That their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself. |
| He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” | And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” |
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