'Understanding' in the Bible

And [that He would] show you the secrets of wisdom!For sound wisdom has two sides.Know therefore that God forgets a part of your wickedness and guilt.

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,And with long life is understanding.

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earthAnd makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].

“I have heard the reproof which insults me,But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

“He stirred up the sea by His power,And by His understanding He smashed [proud] Rahab.

“But where can wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?

“From where then does wisdom come?And where is the place of understanding?

“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom;And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

“Therefore hear me, you men of understanding.Far be it from God that He would do wickedness,And from the Almighty to do wrong.

“If you now have understanding, hear this;Listen to the sound of my words.

“Men of understanding will tell me,Indeed, every wise man who hears me [will agree],

“Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial];He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding.

“Men therefore fear Him;He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].”

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?

For God has made her forget wisdom,And has not given her a share of understanding.