'Learned' in the Bible

When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she told the king on Mordecai’s behalf.

And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.

When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.

Long ago I learned from Your decreesthat You have established them forever.

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

The Lord said:Because these people approach Me with their mouthsto honor Me with lip-service—yet their hearts are far from Me,and their worship consists of man-made ruleslearned by rote—

She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.

He prowled among the lions,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.

When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.

When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.

After he read it, he asked what province he was from. So when he learned he was from Cilicia,

Once ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,

But that is not how you learned about the Messiah,

Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave. He is a faithful servant of the Messiah on your behalf,

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.