50 Bible Verses about wise

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

When he was set down on 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 saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

When he was set down on 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.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief 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 dream; but there was none 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 that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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

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

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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

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

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health 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 seem 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 flood, 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 servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.