Proverbs 18:15

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it? ¹⁵ An intelligent {mind} will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge. ¹⁶ The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.

Man of Understanding

Prudent Man

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

1 Kings 3:9

Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

Psalm 119:97-104

How I love your law! The whole day it [is] my meditation.

Proverbs 1:5

may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

Proverbs 9:9

Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.

Proverbs 10:14

Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but [to] the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Luke 8:8-10

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and [when it] came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain." [As he] said these [things], he called out, "The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Luke 10:39

And {she had} a sister named Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus [and] was listening to his teaching.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.