50 Bible Verses about wise

Then thy handmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil; and let the LORD thy God be with thee.

to bring about this form of speech thy slave Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know that which is done in the earth.

and shall make him of quick olfaction in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge according to the sight of his eyes, neither reprove according to the hearing of his ears:

I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined in the fire, that thou may be made rich; and clothed in white raiment, so that the shame of thy nakedness not be uncovered; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou may see.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people before God that thou may submit the causes unto God.

And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a slave unto this people this day and wilt serve them and answer them by speaking good words unto them, then they will be thy slaves for ever.

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

When he was seated upon the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Concerning Edom, thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has the counsel of the wise perished? Is their wisdom corrupted?

Give, therefore, thy slave a hearing heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this thy so great a people?

The wise in heart will receive the commandments, but he who speaks foolishness shall fall.

behold, I have done according to thy words: behold, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

And God gave Solomon exceedingly great wisdom and intelligence and magnanimity of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him and remained in peace?

The wise in heart will receive the commandments, but he who speaks foolishness shall fall.

Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools.

My son, if thy heart is wise, my heart shall also rejoice;

the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are wiser than the wise men:

The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor that has understanding is wiser than he.

and shall make him of quick olfaction in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge according to the sight of his eyes, neither reprove according to the hearing of his ears:

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.

We have conceived according to thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

The thoughts of the righteous are upright, but the astuteness of the wicked is deceit.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.

We have conceived according to thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

The thoughts of the righteous are upright, but the astuteness of the wicked is deceit.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined in the fire, that thou may be made rich; and clothed in white raiment, so that the shame of thy nakedness not be uncovered; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou may see.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people before God that thou may submit the causes unto God.

And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a slave unto this people this day and wilt serve them and answer them by speaking good words unto them, then they will be thy slaves for ever.

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

When he was seated upon the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Schin Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but the woman that fears the LORD shall be praised.

The virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

The gracious woman retains honour, and strong men retain riches.

Aleph Who can find a valiant woman? for her price is far above precious stones.

Then the king magnified Daniel and gave him many and great gifts and made him governor over the whole province of Babylon and prince of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And the decree went forth, and the wise men were taken to be slain, and they sought Daniel and his fellows to kill them.

Then the king asked the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew about the law and rights,

I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me.

Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.

Even if all the peoples should walk each one in the name of their gods; with all this we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and eternally.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold inscribed with silver.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

How forcible are the words of rectitude! But what does your argument reprove?

And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom and was his nurse.

The words of the wise are as goads and as nails hammered into place, those of the teachers of the congregations, who are placed under one Shepherd.

The words from the mouth of the wise man are grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and medicine to the bones.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Give, therefore, thy slave a hearing heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this thy so great a people?

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the wise that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakes up early, early shall he awaken my ear, that I might hear, as the wise.

but only one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.