'Understanding' in the Bible
Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,Otherwise they will not come near to you.
For God is the King of all the earth;Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.
My mouth will speak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?They eat up My people as though they ate breadAnd have not called upon God.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;His praise endures forever.
Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;And observe it with all my heart.
Yodh.Your hands have made me and established me;Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],For Your testimonies are my meditation.
From Your precepts I get understanding;Therefore I hate every false way.
I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]That I may know Your testimonies.
The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).
Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.
Tav.Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O Lord;Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].
To Him who made the heavens with skill,For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
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Bible Theasaurus
- Agreement (373 instances)
- Apprehension (3 instances)
- Discernment (64 instances)
- Infer (1 instance)
- Intellect (1 instance)
- Interpret (23 instances)
- Read (100 instances)
- Realise (1 instance)
- Realize (184 instances)
- Reason (554 instances)
- Sympathise (1 instance)
- Sympathize (6 instances)
- Sympathy (30 instances)
- Translate (3 instances)
- Understand (440 instances)
- Understanding (295 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Biyn
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Leb
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Sekel
Shama`
Agnoeo
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Related Topics
- Being Without Understanding
- God Giving Understanding
- God Has Understanding
- God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding
- God's Word Is Righteous
- Misunderstandings
- Not Understanding God's Things
- Not Understanding Language
- Not Understanding Other Things
- Not Understanding Sayings
- Proper Understanding
- Scripture, Understanding
- Spiritual Understanding
- Understanding
- Understanding God's Word