94 Bible Verses about Understanding
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To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:
O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;
Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.
And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word. The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.
By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.
But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.
So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
All this, said David, the design for all these things, has been made dear to me in writing by the hand of the Lord.
Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes; Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.
The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace. They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through? And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man. And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.
Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.
When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:
And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you? And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.
And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?
So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.
He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher? Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.
And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread? Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;
But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come. He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you. Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.
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Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Reproof » Leads to » Understanding
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
Understanding » Those that understand
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit, Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard; Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark. Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame. Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit. Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame. read more.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble. The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house. He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth. Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it. With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god. They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
Understanding » Who understands
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; read more.
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
Understanding » The lord giving understanding
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect. Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds. And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day; read more.
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching. Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word. I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
Understanding » What is understanding
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind
I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me. Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage. So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
Understanding » Those that are void of understanding
A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. read more.
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying, Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Understanding » How understanding is acquired
By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.
For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven. Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved. They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants. read more.
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me. I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life. I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules. The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward. I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide. O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day. Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever. I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word. I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders. I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word. My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher. How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
Understanding » What passes all understanding
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Understanding » The understanding of the lord
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
Understanding » What understanding does
For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul; Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; read more.
Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil: To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life: So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Understanding » Acquiring understanding
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
Understanding » What is understood by the things that are made by God
For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing; Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them. For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Understanding » There being no understanding against the lord
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Understanding » What understanding is better than
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Understanding » What you should try to understand
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
Understanding » What understanding is
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
Understanding » Good understanding
Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
Understanding » What was established by understanding
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
Understanding » Who has no delight in understanding
A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
Understanding » What fools do not understand
Understanding » Not leaning to your own understanding
Understanding » Where understanding comes from
Understanding » What to call understanding
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
Topics on Understanding
Being Without Understanding
Isaiah 42:20Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
God Giving Understanding
Job 32:8But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
God Has Understanding
Proverbs 3:19The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding
Isaiah 55:8-9For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Not Understanding God's Things
Micah 4:12But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.
Not Understanding Language
Genesis 11:7Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Not Understanding Other Things
Romans 7:15And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.
Not Understanding Sayings
Matthew 16:8-11And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Proper Understanding
Isaiah 52:15So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
Scripture, Understanding
Psalm 119:130The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.
Understanding God's Word
Psalm 119:73Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
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