45 Bible Verses about Understanding

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Romans 15:21

but, as it has been written, "Those shall see, to whom nothing was announced concerning Him; and those who have not heard shall understand."

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason, be not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Matthew 24:15

"When, therefore, ye see the abomination of the desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that reads understand),

Mark 13:14

But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, (let him that reads understand), then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;

Acts 8:30-31

And Philip, having run near, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you, then, understand what you are reading?" But he said, "How, in fact, were I able, unless some one should guide me?" And he besought Philip, having come up, to sit with him.

John 12:16

These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him, and that they did these things to Him.

Matthew 13:11

And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Mark 4:11

And He said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those without all things are done in parables;

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He did not bid them beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 17:13

Then the disciples understood that He spake to them concerning John the Immerser.

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables He spake the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Mark 8:17

And perceiving it, He saith to them, "Why are ye reasoning because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart hardened?

John 2:22

When, therefore, He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word that Jesus spake.

Ephesians 3:4

respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

Matthew 16:8-9

And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

1 Corinthians 2:12

And we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is of God; that we may know the things freely given us by God.

John 16:13-15

But, when He, the Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak from Himself; but whatsoever He heareth He will speak; and He will declare to you things to come. He will glorify Me; because He will take of Mine, and will declare it to you. All things whatsoever the Father hath are Mine; on this account, I said, that He taketh of Mine, and will declare it to you.

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Anthropomorphisms » Attributed to deity » Understanding

Man » Possessed of » Understanding

Reproof » Leads to » Understanding

Understanding » Those that understand

Understanding » Who is void of understanding

Ephesians 4:17-19

This, therefore, I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts; who, indeed, having become without feeling, delivered themselves up to lasciviousness for the working of all uncleanness with greediness.

Romans 1:21-23

because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.

Understanding » Who understands

Understanding » The lord giving understanding

Luke 24:44-47

And He said to them, "These are My words which I spake to you, while being yet with you: that all things must be fulfilled, that have been written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, concerning Me." Then He opened their mind, that they might understand the Scriptures; and He said to them, "Thus it has been written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day, read more.
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Understanding » What is understanding

Understanding » Those that are void of understanding

Understanding » How understanding is acquired

Understanding » What passes all understanding

Understanding » The understanding of the lord

Understanding » What understanding does

Understanding » Acquiring understanding

Understanding » What is understood by the things that are made by God

Romans 1:18-20

For God's wrath is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; because that which is known of God is manifested in them; for God manifested it to them. For His invisible things, since the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made, even His everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

Understanding » There being no understanding against the lord

Understanding » What understanding is better than

Understanding » What you should try to understand

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason, be not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Understanding » What understanding is

Understanding » Good understanding

Understanding » What was established by understanding

Understanding » Who has no delight in understanding

Understanding » What fools do not understand

Understanding » Not leaning to your own understanding

Understanding » Where understanding comes from

Understanding » What to call understanding

Topics on Understanding

God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding

Romans 11:33-34

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out,

Not Understanding Sayings

Matthew 16:8-11

And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread?

Scripture, Understanding

2 Peter 3:15-16

And account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you;

Spiritual Understanding

Hebrews 13:12-13

Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate.

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