16 Bible Verses about Understanding God's Word

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me. Give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments.

I am thy servant. Give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, so I shall meditate on thy wondrous works.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD. Give me understanding according to thy word.

Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. And thou shall move from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it, and, behold, there stood before me [someone] as the appearance of a man.

Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that thou set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard. And I have come for thy words' sake.

And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard.

being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.

So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.