Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom],
But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
Proverbs 8:9
“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.
Proverbs 17:24
[Skillful and godly] wisdom is in the presence of a person of understanding [and he recognizes it],
But the eyes of a [thickheaded] fool are on the ends of the earth.
Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
Psalm 119:98-100
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For Your words are always with me.
Proverbs 18:2
A [closed-minded] fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his personal opinions [unwittingly displaying his self-indulgence and his stupidity].
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man [who is unteachable and] wise in his own eyes and full of self-conceit?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 8:20
[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Jeremiah 8:9
“The wise men are shamed,
They are dismayed and caught.
Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
Matthew 6:22-23
Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus said,
Matthew 13:11-12
Jesus replied to them,
Romans 1:21-28
For even though
Romans 9:31-32
whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.
2 Peter 3:3-5
First of all, know [without any doubt] that mockers will come in the last days with their mocking, following after their own human desires
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A [closed-minded] fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his personal opinions [unwittingly displaying his self-indulgence and his stupidity].
Do you see a man [who is unteachable and] wise in his own eyes and full of self-conceit?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
“The wise men are shamed,
They are dismayed and caught.
Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
Knowledge
“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.
[Skillful and godly] wisdom is in the presence of a person of understanding [and he recognizes it],
But the eyes of a [thickheaded] fool are on the ends of the earth.
Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
General references
“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.