Proverbs 18:15

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹⁴ A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it? ¹⁵ A wise heart laboureth for knowledge; and a prudent ear seeketh understanding. ¹⁶ Liberality bringeth a man to honour and worship, and setteth him among great men.

Man of Understanding

Prudent Man

Proverbs 15:14

A wise heart will seek after knowledge; but the mouths of fools meddle with foolishness.

1 Kings 3:9

Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?"

Psalm 119:97-104

{Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.

Proverbs 1:5

By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom:

Proverbs 4:5

Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.

Proverbs 4:7

The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.

Proverbs 9:9

Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is nigh destruction.

Proverbs 23:23

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

Luke 8:8-10

And some fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit, a hundred fold." And as he said these things, he cried, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Luke 10:39

And this woman had a sister called Mary, which sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his preaching:

2 Timothy 3:15-17

And forasmuch also as thou hast known holy scripture of a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, which giveth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth; and it shall be given him.