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And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

Verse Conceptsaccomplishments

Only may Yahweh give to you understanding and insight that he might give you charge over Israel and the keeping of the law of Yahweh your God.

Verse ConceptsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenLibertinismWisdom, Human Importance

The lot to the east fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Nature

And Jehonathan the uncle of David [was] an adviser, a man of insight, and he was a scribe. And Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the sons of the king.

Verse ConceptsCounselorsInsightScribes

David said, "All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints."

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfArchitectureLiteracyUnderstandingDivine PlansGod's HandGod's Hands On People

Hiram also said:

May the Lord God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, be praised! He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualDiscernment Of GovernorsHeaven And EarthIntelligenceCreation Of The Physical Heavens

She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

Hezekiah encouraged all the descendants of Levi who demonstrated significant insight in their service to the LORD, so they all participated in the festival meals for seven days, all the while sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their ancestors.

Verse ConceptsFellowship Offeringencouragement, examples of

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandEighteenGod's Hands On People

They read from the book of God's law, explaining it and imparting insight. Thus the people gained understanding from what was read.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingReading The ScripturesReading The Bible

So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingUnderstanding God's Word

Then on the second day the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law.

Verse ConceptsMonth 7

and [that] he would tell you [the] secrets of wisdom, for {insight has many sides}. And know that God {on your behalf} has forgotten {some of} your guilt.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureGod Gives WisdomWisdomLight

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

Verse ConceptsInferioritySelf RespectSelf ExaltationI Am Unimportant

He strips [away] the insight of the heads of the earth's people, and he makes them wander in {a pathless wasteland}.

Verse ConceptsWanderersFoolishness Of Men

Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

What counsel you provide to the fool! What insight you provide so abundantly!

Verse ConceptsInsight

"Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out {what to say}.

Verse ConceptsPeople Waiting

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From Heaven

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

Verse ConceptsMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse WisdomDeceitful Tongues

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From HeavenFinding LoveGoing To HeavenWorshiping TogetherChild Of GodRacehumanityseeking

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversFoolsatheism


I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

Verse ConceptsTeachersBible, In Christian LivingGod Giving UnderstandingEducationMeditation On God's Word


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

Verse ConceptsAcquiring WisdomDisciplineDiscernmentWisdom And GuidanceMoralityfitnesswise


Yes, if you cry out for insight,
And lift up your voice for understanding;

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyAnswered PromisesDiscernment

Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

Verse ConceptsStudyAcquiring WisdomNot Forgettingwise


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

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportancePaths Of RighteousnessLearning The Right WayguidanceWisdom And GuidancePaths

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen closely to my insight,

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importanceattention


Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;

Verse ConceptsBest friendAcquiring WisdomFamily And Friends


“Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live,
And walk in the way of insight and understanding.”

Verse ConceptsSpiritual ImmaturityEvil AssociationsFools Becoming WisePeople Abandoning PeopleLife By Wisdom


A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment,
But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.

Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

For the Assyrian king has said,

“I have done this by the power of my [own] hand and by my wisdom,
For I have understanding and skill.
I have removed the boundaries of the peoples
And have plundered their treasures;
Like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfWisdom, Human NatureFalse WisdomActing For Oneself

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw [in a prophetic vision]:

Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of BabylonOraclesProphecies concerningThe judgment of babylon

This insight also comes from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who is distinguished in practical advice and magnificent in sound wisdom."

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfGod, All knowingAgricultureguidanceWisdom And GuidanceGuidance And StrengthExcellence

Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.

Verse ConceptsWinnowingDirection

That they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingisrael

so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes [are] besmeared {so that they cannot see}, their {minds} {so that they have no insight}.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversResponseVeilsGod BlindingBeing Without UnderstandingThose Who Were IgnorantEyesDiscernment

No one reflects,
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable with the rest of it,
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

"For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me. They [are] foolish children, and they do not have insight. They [are] skillful at doing evil, and they do not know [how] to do good."

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfChildishnessGod, Revelation OfGood WorksKnowing God, Effects OfSkillWisdom, Human ImportanceDullnessNot Knowing HowFoolishness Of MenSkilled PeopleWorldly WisdomGood Children

{But only} in this must the one who boasts boast, [that] he has insight, and [that] he knows me, that I [am] Yahweh, showing loyal love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these [things] I delight," {declares} Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfBoasting, LegitimateDelight, God ExpressingGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Righteousness OfGod, Will OfHappinessHeart, DivineJustification, Necessity OfKindnessPleasureUnderstandingGod Doing RightDoing RightI Am The LordExerciseBoasting

youths who {have no physical defect}, and [who are] {handsome}, and [who are] prudent in all wisdom and {endowed with knowledge}, and [who] understand insight, and who [have] the {ability} in them to serve in the palace of the king. [And the king ordered him] to teach them the literature and the language of [the] Chaldeans.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureIntellectual KnowledgePeople Made PerfectAlphabetPeople With KnowledgeServing KingsEducationmathteenagerroyaltyHandsome Men

{And as for these four young men}, God gave to them knowledge and insight into all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had insight into all visions and dreams.

Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfGod, Revelation OfIntelligenceUnderstandingInterpretation Of DreamsFour PeopleDreams InterpretedPeople With KnowledgeEducationSchoolWisdom And GuidanceCompetitionmath

In every matter of wisdom and insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyAchievementWisdom, Source Of HumanAstrologersMagiciansTen TimesWise MenGod Giving Understandingpsychics

Then Daniel answered with counsel and insight to Arioch the chief of the king's executioners, who had gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsExecutionersWise MenAttempting To Kill Specific People

There is a man in your kingdom {who has the spirit of the holy gods in him}. And in the days of your {predecessor}, enlightenment and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and, O king, Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor} appointed him [as] chief of the magicians, the conjurers, the {astrologers}, [and] the diviners. Your {predecessor} the king [did this]

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice OfInsightAstrologersGod Giving Understandingpsychics

{because} [there] was found in him [an] excellent spirit and understanding and insight [for] interpreting dreams and explaining riddles and solving riddles; [that is], in Daniel {whom the king named} Belteshazzar. Now, let Daniel be called and he will tell the explanation."

Verse ConceptsExplanationsMind, The HumanRiddlesIntellectual KnowledgeKnowingProper UnderstandingInterpreting LanguageHard TasksExcellenceproblemsknots

And I have heard that a spirit of the gods [is] in you and enlightenment and insight and excellent wisdom was found in you.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual IlluminationWisdom, Source Of HumanProper UnderstandingExcellence

He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingGod Giving Understandinggabriel

"Daniel, I've now come to give you insight and understanding. Because you're highly regarded, the answer was issued when you began your prayer, and I've come to tell you. Pay attention to my message and you'll understand the vision.

Verse ConceptsActivity BegunGod Answering Prayersgabrielsupplicationpetition

In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar). The message was trustworthy and concerned a great conflict. He understood it and had insight concerning the vision.

Verse ConceptsVisions From GodProper UnderstandingHard Tasks

And those who have insight {will instruct} the many, but they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder {for some time}.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleMan's Wisdom

And [even] some of those {who have insight} will fall [in order for] them to be refined by it, and to be purified and cleansed until the time of [the] end, for the appointed time [is] still to come.

Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanRefiningStumblingThe Right TimeProper Understanding

Many will be purified and will be cleansed and will be refined, but [the] wicked will act wickedly {and none of the wicked will understand}, but {those who have insight} will understand.

Verse ConceptsdrossLast DaysRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanRefiningWisdom, Human NatureProper UnderstandingContinuing In Sin

for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithApathyStiffnecked PeopleObstinate IndividualsNot Understanding God's Things

And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and [his] answers.

Verse ConceptsAmazingAstonishmentAnswering PeopleGod Has Understanding

[Immediately] their eyes were opened [i.e., they were given insight] so they could recognize Him. And [just then] He disappeared from their view [Note: The Greek says, "became invisible," suggesting that He vanished miraculously].

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfAwarenessClarityDisappearanceRecognising PeopleEyes Openedcommunionrecognition

Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingPeter, The ApostlePurchasingMoneyThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftBuying God's GiftGod Giving FreelyMoney Blessings

And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapPersecution Of The Apostle PaulAntagonism From Jew And GentileFear Of Stoning

I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,

Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

so that in everything you were [exceedingly] enriched in Him, in all speech [empowered by the spiritual gifts] and in all knowledge [with insight into the faith].

Verse ConceptsBenefits Of KnowledgeSpeaking As From GodSpiritual GiftsSpeechatheismeverything

Now we have not received the spirit that belongs to the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may get an insight into the blessings God has graciously given us.

Verse ConceptsGrace, And Holy SpiritUnderstandingGod Giving UnderstandingGod Giving His SpiritTaught By The SpiritKnowing About God's KingdomSpiritual Giftssonship

But the spiritual man [the spiritually mature Christian] judges all things [questions, examines and applies what the Holy Spirit reveals], yet is himself judged by no one [the unbeliever cannot judge and understand the believer’s spiritual nature].

Verse ConceptsImmunityThat Which Is SpiritualLack Of DiscriminationSpiritualJudgmentsJudgingDiscernmentJudgementJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

But I, Brothers, could not speak to you as men with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded-mere infants in the Faith of Christ.

Verse ConceptsBabies, Figurative UseCounselingSpiritual ImmaturityLiving For The MaterialLike ChildrenSpiritualchristianityactingchristChristians Being Called Brothers

and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], and to another discernment of spirits [the ability to distinguish sound, godly doctrine from the deceptive doctrine of man-made religions and cults], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfSpiritual DiscernmentPower, HumanProphecy, In NtSpiritsSpirit BeingsDiscerning God's ThingsInterpreting LanguageOther MiraclesProphesying In The ChurchTesting SpiritsProphecyLanguageDiscernmentSpiritual GiftsExerciseGifts And Talentsdiscrimination

I would like for all of you to speak in ecstasy, but I would rather that you prophesy. The man who speaks with real prophetic insight renders greater service than the man who speaks in ecstasy, unless the latter explains it, so the congregation may receive an uplift.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtBuilding Up The ChurchInterpreting LanguageEach Local ChurchRight DesiresProphecyProphecies concerningLanguageThe church

which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight]