24 occurrences

'Wise Man' in the Bible

Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.

And, with thee, in abundance, are workmen, hewers and carvers of stone and wood, - and every sort of wise man, in all manner of work:

Now, therefore, send me a wise man, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and skilful to execute gravings, - with the wise men who are with me, in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David did provide.

Now, therefore, have I sent a wise man, skilled in understanding, pertaining to Huram my father:

Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?

The men of mind, will say to me, yea any wise man hearkening unto me: -

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

A city of heroes, doth a wise man scale, and bringeth down the strength of its confidence.

A wise man pleading with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no settlement.

As for the wise man, his eyes, are in his head, whereas, the dullard, in darkness, doth walk, - but, I myself, knew that, one destiny, happeneth to them, all.

For there is no remembrance of a wise man, more than of a dullard, unto times age-abiding, - seeing that, already, in the days to come, all hath been forgotten, how then cometh it that the wise man dieth equally with the dullard?

and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun, - even this, was vanity.

For what profit hath the wise man, over the dullard? What can, the poor man, know - so as to walk before the living?

Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.

Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.

Then I considered all the work of God, that man could not find out the work that was done under the sun, inasmuch as man toileth in seeking and yet cannot find, - yea, even though the wise man should say he knoweth, yet can he not find it out.

The words of a wise man's mouth, are pleasant, - but, the lips of a dullard, will swallow him up:

Thus, saith Yahweh Let not, the wise man, glory in his wisdom, Neither let, the mighty man, glory, in his might, - Let not, the rich man, glory in his riches;

With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you - not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren, -