Proverbs 18:15

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear? ¹⁵ The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. ¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Man of Understanding

Prudent Man

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

1 Kings 3:9

Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to judge this thy great people?

Psalm 119:97-104

O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Proverbs 1:5

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 9:9

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

Luke 8:8-10

And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 10:39

And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

And that from a babe thou have known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 1:5

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.