18 Bible Verses about Valuing Knowledge
Most Relevant Verses
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
