Ecclesiastes 8:1

Wisdom Is Valuable

¹ Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam. ² I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

All Things

Wise Man

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

Exodus 34:29-30

It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

Proverbs 4:8-9

“Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.

Acts 6:15

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

Genesis 40:8

Then they said to him, “We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”

Genesis 41:15-16

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

Genesis 41:38-39

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?”

Job 33:23

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge increases power.

Ecclesiastes 2:13-14

And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

Daniel 2:28-30

However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

Daniel 2:47

The king answered Daniel and said, “Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

Daniel 4:18-19

This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

Matthew 17:2

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

Acts 4:13

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,

1 Corinthians 2:13-16

which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

Ephesians 6:19

and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

2 Peter 1:20

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,