33 Bible Verses about Wisdom And Guidance

I have directed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.

Where there is no guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is victory.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

A wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge increases power.

This also comes from the Lord of hosts,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Prepare plans by consultation,
And make war by wise guidance.

For by wise guidance you will wage war,
And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Without consultation, plans are frustrated,
But with many counselors they succeed.

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

“With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline,
That you may be wise the rest of your days.

And you neglected all my counsel
And did not want my reproof;

“I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

“To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,
For You have given me wisdom and power;
Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s matter.”

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks understanding she says,

To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,

As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

“It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained,
But happy is he who keeps the law.