Thematic Bible: True wisdom, general references to


Thematic Bible



And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep, Verse ConceptsAcquiring Wisdom

Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word! Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyTheologyBible, Described AsUnderstanding God's WordPay Attention O God!


"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Verse ConceptsStudyWhere Are Things?Wisdom

"From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? Verse ConceptsWhere From?

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness. Verse ConceptsInvestigatingStudying Insanity




Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?" Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanGoing Out And Coming In

yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyAnswered PromisesDiscernment


Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

It 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 all that you may desire cannot compare with her. Verse ConceptsValuesPrecious StonesBenefits Of WisdomUnique ThingsInternal AdornmentWorthjewelry

Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city. Verse ConceptsTen PeopleBenefits Of WisdomKings And Wisdomlimitations

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold.


For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving




"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise


Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. Verse ConceptsMaturity, SpiritualMiddle AgePhilosophyStrength, HumanThoughtPerfectionPeople Passing AwayThe Present AgeWorldly WisdomNature Of KingsGod Gives WisdomPassing AwayMaturity

For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. Verse ConceptsFame


And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. Verse ConceptsAstrologyAchievementWisdom, Source Of HumanAstrologersMagiciansTen TimesWise MenGod Giving Understandingpsychics

And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king that he could not explain to her. Verse ConceptsRiddlesAnswering People

Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; Verse ConceptsStreetsOutside The Houseserenitywomanhood

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importance

She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,

Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; Verse ConceptsStreetsOutside The Houseserenitywomanhood




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




Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment


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