Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 17:24
The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
Psalm 119:98-100
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 8:20
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?
Matthew 6:22-23
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
Matthew 13:11-12
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Romans 1:21-28
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 9:31-32
but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that 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 that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
2 Peter 3:3-5
knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.