'Wise Man' in the Bible
But Amnon had a companion called Jonadab, the son of Shimeah the brother of David: which Jonadab was a very wise man.
And now I have sent a wise man and a man of understanding called Huramabi,
And through the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a wise man from among the children of Mahli the son of Levi the son of Israel, even Sherebiah, with his sons and brethren, eighteen;
"Should a wise man's answer be as the science of the wind, and fill his belly with the wind of the east?
"As for you, turn you, and get you hence, I pray you - seeing I cannot see one wise man among you.
An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it -
By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom:
Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.
A fool bringeth up a slander of his neighbour; but a wise man will keep it secret.
The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.
A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
A wise man doth all things with discretion; but a fool will declare his folly.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but a fool goeth on presumptuously.
A fool rejoiceth in foolish things; but a wise man looketh well to his own goings.
The king's displeasure is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
A wise man putteth off displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faults pass.
When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take the better heed; and when a wise man is warned, he will receive the more understanding.
In a wise man's house there is great treasure and plenteousness; but a foolish body spendeth up all.
A wise man winneth the city of the mighty; and as for the strength that they trust in, he bringeth it down.
A wise man seeth the plague and hideth himself; but the foolish go on still and are punished.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of understanding is better than he that is mighty of strength.
A wise man seeing the plague will hide himself; as for fools they go on still, and suffer harm.
If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest.
A fool poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.
For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.
For the wise are ever as little in remembrance as the foolish, and all the days for to come shall be forgotten, yea the wise man dieth as well as the fool.
For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?
It is better to give ear to the chastening of a wise man, than to hear the song of fools.
Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle heart.
Whoso keepeth the commandment, shall feel no harm: but a wise man's heart discerneth time and manner.
I understood of all the works of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attain unto works that are done under the Sun: and though he bestow his labour to seek them out, yet can he not reach unto them: yea, though a wise man would undertake to know them, yet might he not find them.
A wise man's counsel that is followed in silence, is far above the crying of a captain among fools.
A wise man's heart is upon the righthand, but a fool's heart is upon the left.
The words out of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will destroy himself.
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.