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

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

And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business conducted before all that knew law and judgment;

And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him.

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.

he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;

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

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.

The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.

For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the magicians, the scribes, the astrologers, shew unto the king;

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

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

This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing.

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

Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who heareth me:

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wise man think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out.

and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

And Jonathan, David's uncle, was counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons;

Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.

A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it back.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.

The heart of a wise man 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 swallow up himself.

And now hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men that are in a city.

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 the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart God had put wisdom, every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it.

And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

The heart of an intelligent man getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

For all this I laid to my heart and indeed to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

And they that are wise among the people shall instruct the many; and they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

And some of the wise shall fall, to try them, and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end: for it shall yet be for the time appointed.

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.

Many shall be purified, and be made white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

and also on Hamath which bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.

But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity.

And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

Do ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries? Were the gods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand?

Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

And thou shalt speak with all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.

And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted have I given wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee --

And all who are wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that Jehovah has commanded:

And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.