65 Bible Verses about Wisdom, Human Nature

And Bezaleel made, and Aholiab, and every man wise of heart, to whom Jehovah gave wisdom and unstanding in them to know to do all the work of service of the holy place according to all which Jehovah commanded.

Thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him, for him to be a priest to me.

See, I called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work. To meditate work of skill, to work in gold and in silver and in brass.read more.
And in graving stone for filling up, and in graving wood, to work in all work. And I, behold, I gave him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all the wise of heart I gave wisdom; and they shall make all which I commanded thee:

And Moses will say to the sons of Israel, See, Jehovah called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And he will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work; And to invent works of skill, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,read more.
And in working stone for filling in, and in working wood, to work in all work of works of skill. He gave in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. He filled them with wisdom of heart, to do all the work of engraving, of inventing, and variegating in cerulean purple, and in red purple, and in double scarlet, and in byssus, and of weaving, and of those doing all work, and of those devising works of skill.

And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they will bring the winning, the cerulean purple, and the red purple, the double scarlet and the byssus. And all the women whose heart was lifted up in wisdom, spun goats' hair.

And all the wise of heart will work in doing the work of the temple: ten curtains of twisted byssus and cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet; Cherubs a skilful work he made them.

And with thee for abundance, they doing the work, hewers and workmen of stone and wood, and all the wise for all the work

And behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God: and with thee in all the work for every one willing in wisdom for all the service: and the chiefs and all the people for all thy words.

And now send to me a man wise to work in gold and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and cerulean purple, and knowing to engrave engravings with the wise which are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, which David my father prepared.

And king Solomon will send and take Hiram out of Tyre. Son of a widow woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a Tyrian man, an artificer of brass; and he will be filled with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge to do all the work in brass. And he will come to king Solomon and do all his works.

And he being poor of oblation will choose wood that will not be rotten; he will seek to him a wise artificer to prepare a carved image that will not shake.

Silver beaten out shall be brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and the hands of the founder: cerulean purple and red purple their clothing: they all are the work of the wise.

Thus said Jehovah of armies, Give heed, and call ye for the wailing women, and they shall come forth; and send ye to the wise women, and they shall come forth.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were rowers to thee: thy wise, O Tyre, were in thee, they thy sailors. The old men of Gebal and her wise were in thee making strong thy breach: all the ships of the sea and thy seamen were in thee to traffic from thy traffic.

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

Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise:

He gathering in summer, is a prudent son: he lying in deep sleep in harvest, a son causing shame.

The understanding of man will defer his anger: and his glory to pass over transgression.

Wine is mocking, strong drink is noisy: and every one going astray by it will not be wise.

A treasure desired, and oil in the house of the wise one; and the foolish man will swallow it down.

The foolish one will bring forth all his spirit; and the wise one will restrain it back.

The wise one ascended the city of the strong, and he will bring down the strength of its confidence.

For he said, By strength of my hand I did, and by my wisdom, for I was discreet: and I will remove the bounds of the people, and their things prepared I plundered, and I will bring down as a strong one the inhabitants.

With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures. By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth.

And it will be in the morning, and his soul will be troubled; and he will send and call all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all his wise; and Pharaoh will relate to them his dream; and none interpreting them to Pharaoh.

Also the chiefs of Zoan are foolish, the wise counseling Pharaoh the counsel became brutish: how shall ye say to Pharaoh, I the son of the wise, the son of kings of old?

And I made drunk her chiefs and her wise, her prefects and her rulers, and her strong ones: and they shall sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rise up, says the King, Jehovah of armies his name.

And an edict being set from me to bring up before me to all the wise of Babel, that they shall make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

Then came in all the king's wise ones: and they were not able to read the writing, and to make known the interpretation to the king.

And the lot will fall from the sunrising to Shelemiah. And Zechariah his son counseling in understanding, they cast lots; and his lot will go forth north.

And Jehonathan, David's uncle, counseling a man of understanding, and he a scribe: and Jehiel son of Hachmoni with the sons of the king: And Ahithophel counseling to the king: and Hushai the Archite the friend of the king:

And now will Pharaoh look out a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt And will Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, exacting a fifth part of the land of Egypt, in the seven years of plenty. And they shall gather all the food of these good years coming, and they shall heap up the grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and they shall watch food in the cities.read more.
And the food was for a deposit to the land, for the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be cut off in the famine.

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 Jehovah gave wisdom to Solomon, as he spake to him: and peace will be between Hiram and between Solomon; and they two will cut out a covenant

Then the king multiplied to Daniel, and gave to him many a great gift, and gave him power over all the province of Babel, and chief of the prefects over all the wise of Babel

And Pharaoh also will call to the wise men and to the magicians; and the sacred scribes of Egypt, they also will do so with their enchantments.

Which will not hear to the voice of enchanters, charming with enchantments from wisdom.

They answered a second time, and said, The king will say to his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.

The king called with strength to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise of Babel, Whatever man that shall read this writing, and will show to me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold upon his neck, and shall rule the third in the kingdom.

And Pharaoh will say to Joseph, After that God showed thee all this, none discerning and wise as thou.

Who the wise man and he will understand this? and which the mouth of Jehovah spake to him, and he will announce it, for what the land perished it was burnt as the desert, from not being passed through.

Here is wisdom. Let him having intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number Six hundred and sixty-six.

Here the mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them.

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.

And he shall announce to thee hidden things of wisdom, for they are the double for understanding. And know thou that God will set to thee from thine iniquity.

Who the wise and will watch these, and they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah.

And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.

And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah: a good understanding to all doing them: his praise stands forever.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.

Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, and the knowledge of the holy ones is understanding.

The voice of Jehovah will call to the city, and wisdom feared thy name: hear ye the rod, and who appointed it

I learnt not wisdom, and I shall not know the knowledge of the holy.

And the spirit of Jehovah resting upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah:

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, might give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in his knowledge:

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;

And watch and do: for it is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who shall hear all these laws, and say, Only this great nation a wise and understanding people.

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

Shall not wisdom call, and understanding give her voice? She stood upon the head of the heights, upon the way of the house of the beaten paths. At the hand of the gates, at the mouth of the city from the coming in of the doors she will cry:read more.
To you, ye men, I shall call, and my voice is to the sons of man.

Wisdom built her house, she hewed out her seven pillars: She slaughtered her slaughter; she mingled her wine; also she prepared her table. She sent forth her girls: she will call upon the wings of the heights of the city,read more.
Who the simple, he shall turn aside here: he wanting heart, she said to him, Come ye, eat of my bread, and drink ye of the wine I mingled. Forsake ye the foolish, and live; and go straight in the way of understanding.

Understand craftiness, ye simple: and ye foolish, understand the heart Hear ye, for I will speak dear things; and the openings of my lips uprightnesses. For my palate shall meditate the truth, and evil is the abomination of my lips.read more.
In justice are all the sayings of my mouth; nothing in them crooked and perverse. All of them straight to him understanding, and right to those finding knowledge. 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. I wisdom dwelt with prudence, and I shall find the knowledge of machinations. The fear of Jehovah hates evil: pride and haughtiness, and the evil way, and the mouth of perverseness I hated. To me counsel and wisdom: I am understanding; to me is strength. By me kings shall reign, and princes shall decree justice. By me chiefs shall have dominion, and nobles all judging the earth. I loved those loving me: and they seeking me shall find me. Riches and honor are with me; splendid riches and justice. My fruit is good above gold, and above pure gold; and my gain above tried silver. I shall go in the way of justice, in the midst of the beaten paths of judgment: To cause those loving me to inherit existence: and I will fill their treasures.

Jehovah set me up the beginning of his way, before his works from ancient time. From forever I was knit together, from the beginning, from the first of the earth. In no depths was I begun; in no fountains abundant in waters.read more.
Before the mountains were settled; before the hills I had a beginning: Yet he made not the earth and the fields, and the head of the clods of the habitable globe. In his preparing the heavens I was there: in his inscribing a circle upon the face of the deep: In his making firm the clouds from above: in his strengthening the fountains of the deep: In his setting his law to the sea, and the waters shall not pass by his mouth; in his making firm the foundations of the earth: And I shall be near him the builder, and I shall be a delight of day, day, smiling before him in all time Smiling in the habitable globe of his earth; and my delight with the sons of man. And now ye sons, hear to me: and the happy shall watch my ways.

For truly the word of the cross to them perishing is foolishness; but to us saved it is the power of God. For it has been written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the intelligent. Where the wise? where the scribe? where the seekers together of this life has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?read more.
For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was contented by the foolishness of proclaiming to save them believing. And since the Jews ask a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom: And we proclaim Christ crucified, to the Jews truly a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; And to these the called, to both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and wisdom of God. For the foolish thing of God is wiser than men; and the weak thing of God is stronger than men.

We foolish for Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we weak, and ye strong; ye honourable, and we dishonoured