Ecclesiastes 8:1

Wisdom Is Valuable

¹ Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed. ² I say, Keep the king's commandment, and that on account of the oath of God.

All Things

Wise Man

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;

Exodus 34:29-30

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him.

Proverbs 4:8-9

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

Acts 6:15

And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

Genesis 40:8

And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me your dreams, I pray you.

Genesis 41:15-16

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.

Genesis 41:38-39

And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Job 33:23

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Ecclesiastes 2:13-14

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

Daniel 2:28-30

but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:

Daniel 2:47

The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret.

Daniel 4:18-19

This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Matthew 17:2

And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light;

Acts 4:13

But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

1 Corinthians 2:13-16

which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual things by spiritual means.

Ephesians 6:19

and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.

2 Peter 1:20

knowing this first, that the scope of no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,