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I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied. Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night), Verse ConceptsAcquiring Wisdom

ת TavLet my cry reach You, Lord;
give me understanding according to Your word.
Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyTheologyBible, Described AsUnderstanding God's WordPay Attention O God!


But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?
Verse ConceptsStudyWhere Are Things?Wisdom

Where then does wisdom come from,
and where is understanding located?
Verse ConceptsWhere From?

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done. Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness. Verse ConceptsInvestigatingStudying Insanity




Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?” Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanGoing Out And Coming In

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,
Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyAnswered PromisesDiscernment


And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness. Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesBenefits Of Wisdombalance

For wisdom is better than jewels,
and nothing desirable can compare with it.
Verse ConceptsValuesPrecious StonesBenefits Of WisdomUnique ThingsInternal AdornmentWorthjewelry

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.
Verse ConceptsTen PeopleBenefits Of WisdomKings And Wisdomlimitations

Happy is a man who finds wisdom and who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her revenue is better than gold.


For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving




“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise


However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. Verse ConceptsMaturity, SpiritualMiddle AgePhilosophyStrength, HumanThoughtPerfectionPeople Passing AwayThe Present AgeWorldly WisdomNature Of KingsGod Gives WisdomPassing AwayMaturity

He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations. Verse ConceptsFame


In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them 10 times better than all the diviner-priests and mediums in his entire kingdom. Verse ConceptsAstrologyAchievementWisdom, Source Of HumanAstrologersMagiciansTen TimesWise MenGod Giving Understandingpsychics

So Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain to her. Verse ConceptsRiddlesAnswering People

Wisdom calls out in the street;
she raises her voice in the public squares.
Verse ConceptsStreetsOutside The Houseserenitywomanhood

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?
Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importance

She has sent out her female servants;
she calls out from the highest points of the city:

Wisdom calls out in the street;
she raises her voice in the public squares.
Verse ConceptsStreetsOutside The Houseserenitywomanhood




Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved out her seven pillars.
Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsMetaphorical Pillars




Let whoever is wise understand these things,
and whoever is insightful recognize them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.
Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment


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