'Knowledge' in the Bible

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; he was full of wisdom and knowledge and an expert worker in brass. He came to King Solomon and did all his work for him.

Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

And at Beth-el the sons of the prophets came out to Elisha and said, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.

And at Jericho the sons of the prophets came up to Elisha and said to him, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said in answer, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.

So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.

But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

And these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But having no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain that they were Israelites;

Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?