And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no man who could interpret them to

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. And they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.

And all the wise men, who wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.

Take for you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment,

And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom thou have begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shal

which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,

Hear my words, ye wise men, and give ear to me, ye who have knowledge.

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.

The rulers of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How will ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings?

Where then are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what LORD of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt.

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad, who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish,

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? For to thee it appertains, inasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like thee.

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her rulers, and upon her wise men.

And I will make drunk her rulers and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is LORD of hosts.

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers. Thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee; they were thy pilots.

The old men of Gebal and, the wise men thereof, were thy caulkers in thee. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.

For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain. And they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who went forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the

Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded, neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, can show to the king,

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, inasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation. But thou are able, for the spirit o

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with p

Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

Shall I not in that day, says LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance forever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how the wise man dies even as the fool!

Men of understanding will say to me, yes, every wise man who hears me,

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he

Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,

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

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.

A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.

If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

For what advantage has the wise man more than the fool? What has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?

It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

But as for you all, come on now again, and I shall not find a wise man among you.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of the confidence of it.

A fool utters all his anger, but a wise man keeps it back and calms it.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision.

A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

Who is the wise man, who may understand this, and he to whom the mouth of LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?

Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t

Men therefore fear him. He does not regard any who are wise of heart.

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder. {I will destroy the wisdom of the wise (LXX/NT)}, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

And all the wise-hearted men among them who wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains, of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim; the work of the skilful workman made them.

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

The law of LORD is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of LORD is sure, making a simple man wise.

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out for a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that LORD has commanded:

And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that LORD has commanded.

And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it,

Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

And those who are wise among the people shall instruct many, yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days.

And some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.

And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

and also Hamath, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.