18 Bible Verses about Valuing Knowledge
Most Relevant Verses
The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.
The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable,
But the mouth of fools spouts folly.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
But the hearts of fools are not so.
The naive inherit foolishness,
But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
For wisdom is protection just as money is protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,
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