'Understanding' in the Bible

For {they are a nation void of sense}, and there is not [any] understanding in them.

God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the chief commander, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we [are] understanding, but you must not speak Judean with us in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall."

And from the men of Issachar: {men who were skilled in understanding the times} to know what Israel should do. Their chiefs [were] two hundred, and all their kinsmen [were] under their command.

Only may Yahweh give to you understanding and insight that he might give you charge over Israel and the keeping of the law of Yahweh your God.

Then Huram said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has made the heavens and the earth, who has given to King David a wise son knowing discretion and understanding, who will build for Yahweh a house and a royal palace for himself.

So now I have sent a skilled man, knowledgeable [and with] understanding: my master Huram,

With the good hand of our God before us, they brought us a man of understanding from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel--Sherebiah and his sons and brothers, eighteen [in total].

So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly for [each] man and woman to hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

He read from it facing the public square before the Water Gate from dawn until noon that day, opposite the men, women, and those with understanding. The ears of all the people [were attentive] to the book of the law.

[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.

But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.

Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.

"With him [are] wisdom and powerful deeds, and to him [belong] counsel and understanding.

Indeed, you have closed their mind from understanding; therefore, you will not let [them] triumph.

I hear discipline that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.

By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.

Who has put wisdom in the ibis, or who has given understanding to the rooster?

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

For God [is] king of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart [will be] understanding.

The fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of wisdom; all who do them have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with [my] whole heart.

Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.

From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

I [am] your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes.

The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to [the] simple.

The righteousness of your testimonies [is] forever; give me understanding that I may live.

Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word.

Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited.

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding,

[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.

For if you cry out for understanding, [if] you lift your voice for insight,

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.

Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.

Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.

My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;

Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?

{Advice and sound judgment} are mine; I am understanding, {strength is mine}.

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.

[It is] like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.

He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.

Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.

Ah! [Those who are] wise in their own eyes and have understanding {in their view}!

For he says, "I have done [it] by the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding, and I have removed [the] boundaries of peoples, and I have plundered their stores, and like a bull I have brought down {the inhabitants}.

And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him-- a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

{When its branches are dry}, they are broken; women [are] coming [and] setting light to it. For it [is] not a people of understanding; therefore his maker will not have compassion on him, and his creator will not show him favor.

{As often as it passes through}, it will take you, for {morning by morning} it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and understanding [the] message will be only terror."

Your perversity! As if {a potter} shall be regarded as [the] clay! That [the] product of its maker [says], "He did not make me," and [the] thing made into shape says of its {potter}, "He has no understanding."

And those who err [in] spirit will {acquire} understanding, and those who grumble will learn instruction.

With whom has he consulted, that he enlightened him and taught him [the] path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and made [the] way of understanding known to him?

Have you not known, or have you not heard? Yahweh [is] the God of eternity, [the] creator [of] the ends of the earth! He is not faint, and he does not grow weary! There is no searching his understanding.

And {no one takes it to heart}, and [there is] no knowledge and no understanding to say, "I burned half of it in [the] fire and also I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat, and I have eaten. And I shall make [the] rest of it into an abomination! I shall bow down to a block of wood!"

And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.

[He is] the maker of [the] earth by his power, [who] created the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.

The {anger} of Yahweh will not turn back until his doing and until his keeping the plans of his {mind}. {In latter days} you will look closely at it [with] understanding.

[He is the one who] made [the] earth by his power, [the one who] created [the] world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out [the] heavens.

Her uncleanness [was] in her skirts; she did not remember her future, she has descended beyond understanding, there is no comforter for her. See, O Yahweh, my persecution! [My] enemy has been made great!

By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

And in every matter of wisdom [and] understanding [about] which the king inquired from them, he found them ten times better [than] all [of] the magicians [and] conjurers that {were in his entire kingdom}.

And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.

{because} [there] was found in him [an] excellent spirit and understanding and insight [for] interpreting dreams and explaining riddles and solving riddles; [that is], in Daniel {whom the king named} Belteshazzar. Now, let Daniel be called and he will tell the explanation."

{And then} when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and I was seeking understanding, there was [one] standing before me with [the] appearance of a man.

And he instructed [me] and he spoke with me and he said, "Daniel I have now come out to teach you understanding.

In the third year of Cyrus [the] king of [the] Persians, a word was revealed to Daniel, who was called [by] his name Belteshazzar, and the word [was] reliable and [it concerned] a great tribulation, and he understood the word and {he received understanding}.

whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}.

And now they sin again, and they make for themselves a molten idol, idols from their silver metal according to their understanding, all of them the work of skilled craftsmen. To these they say, "Sacrifice!" People are kissing bull calves.

All of your {allies} have driven you up to the boundary; your {confederates} have deceived you and have prevailed against you. [Those who eat] your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no understanding of it.

On that day," {declares} Yahweh, "will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau?

But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

And to love him from your whole heart and from your whole understanding and from your whole strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,