94 Bible Verses about Understanding
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The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.
And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that is on the edge of the sea;
Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend. And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every kind of vision and dreams.
And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.
And he giveth understanding, and speaketh with me, and saith, 'O Daniel, now I have come forth to cause thee to consider understanding wisely;
but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'
So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!
and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood From the foundations of the earth?
Ye are My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I am He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.
But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I am Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me is the Father, and I in Him.'
for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;
and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.
The whole is in writing from the hand of Jehovah, 'He caused me to understand all the work of the pattern,' said David.
Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Mighty to do perverseness: For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.
And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes, Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, Each is going straightforward.
Who is the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through. And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,
The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.
The fierceness of the anger of Jehovah Doth not turn back till His doing, Yea, till His establishing the devices of His heart, In the latter end of the days we consider it!
And it cometh to pass in my seeing -- I, Daniel -- the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me is as the appearance of a mighty one. And I hear a voice of man between the banks of Ulai, and he calleth and saith: Gabriel, cause this one to understand the appearance.
Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.
'Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)
'And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;
and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?' and he said, 'Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.
And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.
And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;
And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.
And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
And Jesus having known, saith to them, 'Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?
when, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said.
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,
in regard to which ye are able, reading it, to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,
God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
Who is this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.
Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, being His counsellor, doth teach Him! With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?
For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;
by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;
And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves? do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?
And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,
and the pattern of all that hath been by the Spirit with him, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the things sacrificed;
Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.
and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.
and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you; He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you. 'All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;
and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them, because spiritually they are discerned;
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,
and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.
The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, have understood by books the number of the years, (in that a word of Jehovah hath been unto Jeremiah the prophet,) concerning the fulfilling of the wastes of Jerusalem -- seventy years;
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Anthropomorphisms » Attributed to deity » Understanding
Man » Possessed of » Understanding
being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Reproof » Leads to » Understanding
Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
Understanding » Those that understand
In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart, who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;
Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, professing to be wise, they were made fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Framers of a graven image are all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they are, They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable? Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans -- they are of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together. read more.
He hath wrought iron with an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied. He hath wrought with wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house. Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth it for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish it. And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth it, and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it. Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By this half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: 'Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light. And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, 'Deliver me, for my god thou art.' They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely. And none doth turn it back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, 'Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'
Understanding » Who understands
Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!
A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, read more.
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly. To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth. Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.
Understanding » The lord giving understanding
and he said to them, 'These are the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.' Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings, and he said to them -- 'Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day, read more.
and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:
Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;
and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!
Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands. Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped. I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
Understanding » What is understanding
And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated. Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.
See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me -- to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it; and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.
Understanding » Those that are void of understanding
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, read more.
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying, Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Understanding » How understanding is acquired
by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;
Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants. read more.
Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly! Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation. Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age. Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation. Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me. How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Understanding » What passes all understanding
to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;
and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Understanding » The understanding of the lord
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age -- Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
Understanding » What understanding does
For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things, read more.
Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness, Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked, Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life. That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
Understanding » Acquiring understanding
Understanding » What is understood by the things that are made by God
for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest it to them, for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;
Understanding » There being no understanding against the lord
Understanding » What understanding is better than
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Understanding » What you should try to understand
Understanding » What understanding is
A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.
Understanding » Good understanding
Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.
Understanding » What was established by understanding
Understanding » Who has no delight in understanding
Understanding » What fools do not understand
How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts. A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
Understanding » Not leaning to your own understanding
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Understanding » Where understanding comes from
Understanding » What to call understanding
Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'
Topics on Understanding
Being Without Understanding
Isaiah 42:20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
God Giving Understanding
Job 32:8Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.
God Has Understanding
Proverbs 3:19Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding
Isaiah 55:8-9For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,
Not Understanding God's Things
Micah 4:12They have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf into a threshing-floor.
Not Understanding Language
Genesis 11:7Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
Not Understanding Other Things
Romans 7:15for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.
Not Understanding Sayings
Matthew 16:8-11And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?
Proper Understanding
Isaiah 52:15So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!
Scripture, Understanding
Psalm 119:130The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer;
Understanding God's Word
Psalm 119:73Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
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