'Wise' in the Bible

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.

For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.