Proverbs 14:6

Proverbs Of Solomon

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A faithful and trustworthy witness will not lie,
But a false witness speaks lies.
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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].
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Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool,
For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips.

Man of Understanding

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

“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].

Matthew 11:25-27

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [I openly and joyfully acknowledge Your great wisdom], that You have hidden these things [these spiritual truths] from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants [to new believers, to those seeking God’s will and purpose].

Matthew 13:11-12

Jesus replied to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.

Romans 1:21-28

For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.

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