'Understanding' in the Bible
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.
A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.
Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.
Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.
A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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- Realise (1 instance)
- Realize (184 instances)
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- Translate (3 instances)
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