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Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

Verse ConceptsGod, TrinityWorldly AmbitionLanguages ConfusedGod Going DownNot Understanding LanguageLanguages SeparatedLanguageThe TongueBeing DifferentSpeech

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

Verse ConceptsVisions At Night

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

Verse ConceptsDreamsNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

Verse ConceptsInterpretation Of DreamsThree DaysThree Other Things

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

Verse ConceptsInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsThree DaysThree Other Things

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.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByMorningRestlessnessWisdom, Human NatureMagiciansWise MenKings SummoningNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.

Verse ConceptsTelling Dreams

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsDreams InterpretedNo One Available

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsNo One AvailableTelling DreamsThin Bodies

Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Verse ConceptsFutureKnowing God, Nature OfRevelation, In OtInterpretation Of DreamsPredicting The Future

The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human NatureUnique IndividualsGod's Things Revealed

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

Verse ConceptsCamouflageInterpreting LanguageIgnorant Of Facts

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.

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

Verse ConceptsWorship, Times ForThose God Gave Into Their Handsadorationgideon

Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourIntelligenceOutward AppearanceSelfishness, Examples OfGood Wives ExamplesBeauty, In WomenDiscourtesyWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureA Good WomanInner BeautyBeauty And Self WorthA Good HusbandBeautiful Women

Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFoolish PeoplePeople With Apt Names

A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingNot Avenging

And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

Verse ConceptsBreadthSandSolomon, Character OfUnderstandingEnlargementSpiritual ProgressSand And GravelDiscernmentmindset

And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionConformityPrayerlessnessRejection Of GodImitating Wicked PeopleForsaking God's ThingsUseless EndeavourBreaking The Covenant

Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

Verse ConceptsCounselorsInsightScribes

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualDiscernment Of GovernorsHeaven And EarthIntelligenceCreation Of The Physical Heavens

And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

Verse ConceptsLiteracyReading Other Matter

And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingReading The ScripturesReading The Bible

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

Verse ConceptsAgingDiscernment Of GovernorsReasonDiscernmentThe Elderly

Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

Verse ConceptsTen TimesWronging Other People

Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

Verse ConceptsDeafnessHearingNosesUnhearing

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

Verse ConceptsDespising PeopleWise Proverbsexploringknots

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyAnswered PromisesDiscernment

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

Verse ConceptsInsightDiscernmentpreservation

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceLackLack Of DiscernmentImmorality, Nature Of SexualAdulteryAdultery In The ChurchInfidelity

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

Verse ConceptsWisdom And Guidance

The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

Verse ConceptsWantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsPoverty, SpiritualKind WordsDeath For Other Reasons

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfShrewdnessPrudenceThinkingScience

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

Verse ConceptsPrudenceValuing Knowledge

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfDestitutesWisdom, Human Importance

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfWisdom, Human ImportanceCharacter Of SaintsEnticingDiscernment

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFar From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

Verse ConceptsSilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceSelfishnessPeople Parting

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Verse ConceptsEarsLearning From Other PeopleInsightReceptivenessShrewdnessTeachablenessValuing KnowledgeDiscernment

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

Verse ConceptsProverbsWisdom, Human ImportanceBenefits Of WisdomLoving OneselfLoving YourselfFinding Love

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFloggingMockeryRebukeScornersAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving Peoplemockers

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectCounselingDrawing WaterHiding SinsDiscernmentrelaxationmotives

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsSlothfulnessFarmingThe PastWorking Hard And Not Being Lazypastsloth

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Verse ConceptsSluggardsSeven PeopleFalse Wisdomsloth

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

Verse ConceptsProfitsUnjust GainHow To Live LongOppressorsKings And WisdomCovetousness

A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

Verse ConceptsResponseServanthood, In SocietyServants, BadMere Talk

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

Verse ConceptsPromotionSlavesKings And PrideslaveryServant Leadershipservanthoodmistress

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyShining FacesCountenanceRadiant LivesAurasLight Of God's PeopleMan's WisdomBoldness

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesSpeech Impediments

They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths

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.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfChildishnessGod, Revelation OfGood WorksKnowing God, Effects OfSkillWisdom, Human ImportanceDullnessNot Knowing HowFoolishness Of MenSkilled PeopleWorldly WisdomGood Children

See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.

Verse ConceptsLanguagesNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesPeople From Far AwayNations Attacking Israel

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsGod's Attitude To FoolsUnhearing

And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sFalse Prophets, Examples OfBeing MisleadFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other Gods

About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?

Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWorldly WisdomMan's Wisdom

And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?

Verse ConceptsMeaning

And they will be conscious of their shame and of all the wrong which they have done against me, when they are living in their land with no sense of danger and with no one to be a cause of fear to them;

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsEliminating ShameUnfaithful

And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyAchievementWisdom, Source Of HumanAstrologersMagiciansTen TimesWise MenGod Giving Understandingpsychics

Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.

Verse ConceptsLanguagesServanthood, In SocietyAramaic LanguageTelling Dreams

The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPeople Torn To PiecesRubbishHouses Under Attack