Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Bible References

Wise

Psalm 107:43
Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things,
And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
Jeremiah 9:12
Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
Matthew 13:11
Jesus answered them, To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
John 8:47
He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
John 18:37
Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

And the

Job 17:9
“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Psalm 84:5
How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 8:13
“It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

But

Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—
Luke 4:28
And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;
Luke 7:23
Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”
John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
John 9:39
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
2 Thessalonians 2:9
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
1 Peter 2:7
This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”

General references

Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
Luke 2:19
But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 7:35
Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

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