'Understanding' in the Bible

by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding --

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

Wisdom is supreme -- so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;