33 Bible Verses about Wisdom And Guidance

I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.

The wise will hear and increase their learning,
And the person of understanding will acquire wise counsel and the skill [to steer his course wisely and lead others to the truth],

You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

Where there is no [wise, intelligent] guidance, the people fall [and go off course like a ship without a helm],
But in the abundance of [wise and godly] counselors there is victory.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.

For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,
And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

A wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge strengthens his power;

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

If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.

Plans are established by counsel;
So make war [only] with wise guidance.

For by wise guidance you can wage your war,
And in an abundance of [wise] counselors there is victory and safety.

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart
And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

The way of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God’s wisdom] is right in his own eyes,
But a wise and prudent man is he who listens to counsel.

And 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 of the [reverential and obedient] fear of the Lord—

Without consultation and wise advice, plans are frustrated,
But with many counselors they are established and succeed.

All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];

Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction,
That you may be wise in the time to come.

And you treated all my counsel as nothing
And would not accept my reprimand,

“I, [Wisdom, continuously] walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who pleases God. This too is vanity and chasing after the wind.

“I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers,
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 solution to] the king’s matter.”

“Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says,

To know [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction;
To discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all kinds of literature and wisdom; Daniel also understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.

And the Child continued to grow and become strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor, spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him.

“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

Where there is no vision [no revelation of God and His word], the people are unrestrained;
But happy and blessed is he who keeps the law [of God].