'Wise' in the Bible

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law;

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

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 to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

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 Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.

With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.

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

(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

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

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

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

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.

If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

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

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.