49 Bible Verses about wise

Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.

Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.