Ecclesiastes 8:1

Wisdom Is Valuable

¹ Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam. ² I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.

All Things

Wise Man

Deuteronomy 28:50

a hard-faced nation who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young.

Exodus 34:29-30

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.

Proverbs 4:8-9

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Acts 6:15

And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Genesis 40:8

They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."

Genesis 41:15-16

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

Genesis 41:38-39

And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?"

Job 33:23

If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him,

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Proverbs 17:24

The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

Ecclesiastes 2:13-14

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

Daniel 2:28-30

but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Daniel 2:47

The king answered and said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery."

Daniel 4:18-19

This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you."

Matthew 17:2

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

Acts 4:13

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,

1 Corinthians 2:13-16

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

Ephesians 6:19

and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

2 Peter 1:20

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.