Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.

And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to get together all the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, to come to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.

Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law;

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream.

A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.

Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

Then the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, came together to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up; and they took their places before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had put up.

And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my dream.

This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw; and do you, O Belteshazzar, make clear the sense of it, for all the wise men of my kingdom are unable to make the sense of it clear to me; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

Because of all the false ways of the loose woman, expert in attraction and wise in secret arts, who takes nations in the net of her false ways, and families through her secret arts.

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.

And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;

Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.