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 thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

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

And all the wise men, that were doing all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which he had made;

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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

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

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the descendants of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.

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

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

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

Where are they? where are your wise men? and let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed upon Egypt.

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

That frustrates the omens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you is it due: since among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto you.

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, 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 captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyre, that were in you, were your pilots.

The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you as your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their oarsmen were in you to market your merchandise.

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

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

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

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained 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 show unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers, cannot show unto the king;

Then the king made Daniel a great man, 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.

Therefore made I 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. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, 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 its interpretation.

And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me its interpretation: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing:

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

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how does the wise man die? as the fool.

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

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover; though a wise man thinks to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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 the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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

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.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease it.

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust.

A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all.

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.

Whosoever keeps the commandment shall experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

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 him up.

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

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do unto him; but his gray head bring you down to the grave with blood.

Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

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 to them all.

Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shames his father.

Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand justice.

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

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.

When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh give foolish counsel: how do you say unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.

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

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.

See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.

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

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Then Bezalel and Oholiab labored, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

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

And every wise hearted man among them that were doing the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of skillful work made he them.

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

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the recompense of fools.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.

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

Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.