86 Bible Verses about Wisdom, Human Importance

Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.

Happy the man finding wisdom; and the man shall bring forth understanding.

Receive my instruction and not silver and knowledge above tried gold. For wisdom is good above pearls, and all delights shall not be made equal with her.

The path of life is above to the understanding one, to depart from hades below.

The fruit of the just a tree of life; and he taking souls is wise.

The law of the wise one a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The understanding of him possessing it is a fountain of life: and the instruction of the foolish is folly.

So the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul if thou shalt find: and there is a latter state and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

And those understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those justifying many, as the stars forever and ever.

Riches and honor are with me; splendid riches and justice.

My son, thou shalt not forget my law, and thy heart shall guard my commands: For length of days and years of life, and peace they shall add to thee.

He obtaining a heart loved his soul: he watched understanding to find good.

A treasure desired, and oil in the house of the wise one; and the foolish man will swallow it down. He pursuing justice and mercy shall find life, justice and honor.

By wisdom a house will be built, and it will be prepared by understanding:

For the shepherds were brutish, and they sought not Jehovah: for this they considered not, and all their flock was scattered.

Thou shalt not forsake her, and she will watch thee: love her, and she will guard thee.

And he hearing to me shall dwell in confidence, and being quiet from fear of evil.

For Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth knowledge and understanding. He treasured up deliverance for the upright: a shield to those going in uprightness: To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones.read more.
Then thou shalt understand justice and judgment and uprightness; every good track. For wisdom shall come into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul. Meditation shall watch over thee, understanding shall guard thee:

In the month of the foolish one a rod of pride: and the lips of the wise shall watch them.

He trusting in his heart is foolish: and he going in wisdom shall be delivered.

Behold, I did according to thy word, I gave to thee a wise and understanding heart; that there was not as thou before thee, and after thee there shall not arise like thee.

Who put wisdom in the reins? or who gave understanding to the mind?

Behold, thou didst delight in truth in the reins, and in bidden things thou wilt cause me to know wisdom.

To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;

The heart of the wise shall attend to his mouth, and he shall add knowledge to his lips.

Incline thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and thou shalt set thy heart to my knowledge.

In wisdom walk toward them without, purchasing the time.

Who wise and knowing among you? let him show out of a good mode of life his works in meekness of wisdom.

Cause me to understand and I will guard thy instructions; and I will watch it with all the heart.

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice and judgment, and uprightness;

In the way of wisdom I taught thee; I caused thee to tread in the tracks of uprightness

Folly is joy to him wanting heart: and the man of understanding will make straight to go.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart right in the way.

For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not

Who being wise, and he shall understand these things? and knowing, and he shall know them? for the ways of Jehovah are straight, and the just shall go in them: and they transgressing shall be weak in them.

For your obedience has come to all. Therefore I rejoice for you: and I wish you truly to be wise to good, and pure to evil.

See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise,

For this also we, from the day which we heard, ceased not praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; For you to walk worthy of the Lord in all pleasing behavior, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This is wisdom coming not down from above, but earthly, natural, resembling an evil spirit. For where envy and intrigue, there confusion and every bad deed.read more.
And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom. And five of them were discerning, and five foolish. Those foolish having taken their lanterns, took no oil with them.read more.
And the discerning took oil in their vessels with their lanterns. And the bridegroom delaying, they all slumbered and slept. And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting. Then all these virgins were aroused, and put their lanterns in order. And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched. And the discerning answered, saying, Lest it should not suffice us and you: but go ye rather to those selling, and buy for yourselves. And they, going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they prepared, went in with him to the nuptials; and the door was locked.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: and the folly of the foolish is deceit

The crafty saw evil, and he will hide, and the simple passed on and were punished.

The prudent one saw the evil, he hid himself; the simple passed and were punished.

By me kings shall reign, and princes shall decree justice. By me chiefs shall have dominion, and nobles all judging the earth.

Therefore, survey, brethren, seven men of you, being witnesses full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom ye shall set over this need.

Give to yourselves men wise and known to your tribes, and I will set them for your heads.

And it will be when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, and he will rejoice greatly, and say, Blessed Jehovah this day who gave to David a wise son over this great people.

Surely Jehovah will give to thee wisdom and understanding, and he will command thee concerning Israeli and to watch the law of Jehovah thy God.

And now be circumspect, ye and be silent Silence.

To bind his chiefs in his soul, and to make his old men wise.

In the transgression of a land many its chiefs: and by a man understanding to know, the place shall be extended.

And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity.

And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.

And all Israel will hear the judgment which the king judged, and they will be afraid of the face of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Jehovah was in the midst of him to do judgment

And give to thy servant a heart to hear to judge thy people to discern between good to evil: for who shall be able to judge this thy weighty people?

Now wilt thou give to me wisdom and knowledge, and I shall go out before this people, and come in: for who shall judge this thy great people?

The mouth of the just one shall speak wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment

A wise king scatters the unjust, and he will turn back a wheel over them.

Also these to the wise. To look upon the face in judgment is not good.

Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, which the Lord will set over his household, to give the allowance of wheat in due time?

For confusion I speak to you. So is there not one wise with you, who will be able to judge between his brother?

My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart understanding.

Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

My son, attend to my wisdom; incline thine ear to understanding:

Shall not wisdom call, and understanding give her voice?

He understanding shall call to the wise of heart: and sweetness of lips shall add knowledge

She opened her mouth in wisdom, and the law of mercy upon her tongue.

And those understanding of the people shall cause to understand to many: and they were weak by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by plunder, days.

But we speak wisdom among the perfected: and the wisdom not of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, they being left unemployed: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, hidden, which God determined beforehand, before the times to our glory:

Whom we announce, reminding every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfected in Christ jesus:

Let the word of Christ dwell in, you richly; teaching and reminding one another in all wisdom, playing with harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, with grace singing in your hearts to the Lord.

The wise one will hear and he will add learning: and he understanding, shall obtain guidance:

The ear hearing the reproof of life shall lodge in the midst of the wise.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Thou shalt give to the wise one and he will be more wise: make known to the just one and he will add receiving.

The wise of heart will receive commands: and the foolish of lips shall fall.

He going with the wise, and he is wise: and the companion of the foolish shall become evil.

He mocking will not love him reproving him: to the wise he will not go.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, so that thou shalt be wise in thy latter state.

And took him out of all his pressures, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and set him leader over Egypt and his whole house.

And I will take the heads of your tribes, men wise and known, and I will give them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains and hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and scribes for your tribes.

And Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom; for Moses placed his hands upon him; and the sons of Israel will hear to him, and they will do as Jehovah commanded Moses.

For the sake of turning about the face of the word, thy servant Joab did this word: and my lord was wise according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all which is upon the earth.

And he will feed them according to the integrity of his heart, and he will guide them in the understandings of his hands.

Then will come two women, harlots, to the king, and they will stand before him. And the one woman will say, With leave, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house; and I shall bring forth with her in the house. And it will be in the third day after I brought forth, and also this woman will bring forth: and we together, and no stranger with us in the house besides we two in the house.read more.
And the son of this woman will die in the night when she lay upon him. And she will rise in the middle of the night and take my son from beside me, and thy servant sleeping; and she will lay him in her bosom and her dead son she laid in my bosom. And I shall rise in the morning to suckle my son, and behold, he was dead: and I shall attend to him in the morning, and behold, it was not my son that I brought forth. And the other woman will say, Nay; for my son the living, and thy son the dead. And this said, No; for thy son the dead, and my son the living. And they spake before the king. And the king will say, This says, My son the living, and thy son the dead; and this says, Nay; for thy son the dead, and my son the living. And the king will say, Take to me a sword. And they will bring the sword before the king. And the king will say, Divide the living child in two, and ye shall give the half to the one, and the half to the other. And the woman to whom the living son, will say to the king, for her bowels were warm upon her son, and she will say, With leave, my lord, ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay him. And this said, It shall not be even to me, even to thee; divide it And the king will answer and say, Ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay it: she is his mother. And all Israel will hear the judgment which the king judged, and they will be afraid of the face of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Jehovah was in the midst of him to do judgment