Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The scriptures » Saints » Plead the promises of, in prayer
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.
Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
Wisdom » True wisdom, general references to » The search for
I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.