'Understanding' in the Bible
Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
"But wisdom -- where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?
"But wisdom -- where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?
And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.
"If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.
that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.
God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?
For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.
"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
you asked, 'Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?' But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.