15 Bible Verses about God Giving Understanding
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Yet surely, there is a spirit in men, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth them understanding;
Think, as to what I am speaking; for the Lord will give thee discernment in all things.
Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.
The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.
Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
and, in any matter of wisdom and discernment as to which the king, enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the sacred scribes - the magicians, who were in all his realm.
There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and, in the days of thy father, light, and intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him, - and, King Nebuchadnezzar thy father, appointed him, chief of the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, - thy father, O king!
But, as for me - not for any wisdom that is in me, more than any of the living, is, this secret, revealed to me, - therefore, it is in order that, the interpretation - unto the king, they should make known, and that, the thoughts of thy heart, thou shouldst get to know.
Yea he came, and spake with me, - and said - O Daniel! now, have I come forth, to teach thee understanding.
But, as for us, - not the spirit of the world, have we received, but the Spirit which is of God, - that we might know the things which, by God, have been given in favour unto us: -
For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,
Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation.
Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.