Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Bible References

The inspiration

Job 4:12
A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.
Job 33:16
He uncovers their ears at that time
and terrifies them with warnings,
Job 35:11
who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
Job 38:36
Who put wisdom in the heart
or gave the mind understanding?
Genesis 41:39
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as intelligent and wise as you are.
1 Kings 3:12
I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.
1 Kings 4:29
God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Daniel 1:17
God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.
Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons;
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those
who have understanding.
1 Corinthians 2:10
Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
1 Corinthians 12:8
to one is given a message of wisdom
through the Spirit,
to another, a message of knowledge
by the same Spirit,
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

General references

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 35:11
who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
1 Corinthians 14:32
And the prophets’ spirits are under the control of the prophets,

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