16 Bible Verses about Understanding God's Word

YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.

Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.

Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,

And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

And it came to pass, when I Daniel had seen the vision, I sought for the understanding of it, and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

And he said unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai; and he called and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

which are come to you, as they are in all the world, and are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard them and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:

to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;