33 Bible Verses about Wisdom And Guidance
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I am teaching you the way of wisdom;
I am guiding you on straight paths.
a wise man will listen and increase his learning,
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—
Without guidance, people fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.
A wise warrior is better than a strong one,
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;
This also comes from the Lord of Hosts.
He gives wonderful advice;
He gives great wisdom.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding;
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.
since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I offer thanks and praise to You,
God of my fathers,
because You have given me
wisdom and power.
And now You have let me know
what we asked of You,
for You have let us know
the king’s mystery.
For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;
God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.
Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”
I have asked one thing from the Lord;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
gazing on the beauty of the Lord
and seeking Him in His temple.
They swirl about,
turning round and round at His direction,
accomplishing everything He commands them
over the surface of the inhabited world.
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Related Topics
- Acquiring Knowledge
- Advice, Bad Human Advice
- Advice, From God
- Advice, Seeking Advice
- Bad Counsel
- Bad Friends
- Being A Leader
- Change And Growth
- Committees
- Counsel
- Counseling
- Counselors
- Decisions, Guiding Principles Of
- Direction
- Discernment
- Education
- Examples of Leadership
