45 Bible Verses about Understanding
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but, as it has been written, "Those shall see, to whom nothing was announced concerning Him; and those who have not heard shall understand."
And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One: and we are in the True One??n His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and eternal life.
but, if I do them, even though ye believe not Me, believe the works; that ye may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
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:
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, cease not praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
"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),
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;
And, beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He thoroughly interpreted to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.
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.
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.
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.
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;
And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables; that, seeing, they may not see, and, hearing, they may not understand.
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.
Then the disciples understood that He spake to them concerning John the Immerser.
And with many such parables He spake the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
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?
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.
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed.
making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him,
respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,
that their hearts may he comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, even Christ,
for now we see through a mirror, obscurely; but then, face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know, even as I also was fully known.
By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.
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?
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.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I told you.
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.
But a natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, would give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him;
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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;
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
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Understanding » Those that understand
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
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.
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
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.
And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One: and we are in the True One??n His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and eternal life.
Understanding » What is understanding
Understanding » Those that are void of understanding
Understanding » How understanding is acquired
By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.
Understanding » What passes all understanding
and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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
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
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
Being Without Understanding
Matthew 13:13On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.
God Giving Understanding
2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I am saying; for the Lord will give you discernment in all things.
God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding
Romans 11:33-34O 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 God's Things
Matthew 22:29But Jesus, answering, said to them, "Ye deceive yourselves, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God;
Not Understanding Language
Matthew 26:70But he denied before them all, saying, "I know not what you are saying."
Not Understanding Other Things
Romans 7:15For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.
Not Understanding Sayings
Matthew 16:8-11And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread?
Proper Understanding
John 13:7Jesus answered, and said to him, "What I am doing you know not now; but you shall know hereafter."
Scripture, Understanding
2 Peter 3:15-16And 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 13:12-13Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate.
Understanding God's Word
Luke 24:45Then He opened their mind, that they might understand the Scriptures;
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