9 Bible Verses about The Work Of The Wise

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise wins souls.

A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely,
But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?