17 Bible Verses about Man's Wisdom

The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:

My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:

In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

And, they who make the people wise, will impart understanding to the many, - yet shall they be brought low, by sword and by flame, by captivity and by prey, for some days;

Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.

He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;

and, they who make wise, shall shine like the shining of the expanse, - and, they who bring the many to righteousness, like the stars to times age-abiding and beyond.

Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, - and, of great import, was the same unto me: -

Oh that ye would, altogether held your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom!

Of Edom - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is their wisdom corrupt?

When the scoffer is punished, the simple, becometh wise, when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, - and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note.

Whom we are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

Who is wise and well-instructed-among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted: - Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation.