24 Bible Verses about God Gives Wisdom

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom -- for true wisdom has two sides -- so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to minister as my priest.

He has filled him with the Spirit of God -- with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king's dilemma."

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,