20 occurrences

'Wise' in the Bible

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}. When [future] days come, both will have been forgotten already. How [is it that] the wise man dies the same as the fool?

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

And who knows [whether] he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will exercise control of all [the fruit of] my toil with which I toiled wisely under the sun. This also [is] vanity!

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.

Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

Wisdom gives more strength to the wise than ten rulers who are in the city.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleBenefits Of WisdomKings And Wisdomlimitations

All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.

Verse ConceptsTesting Other Things

Whoever obeys [his] command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the [proper] time and the right [procedure].

Verse ConceptsThe Right TimeWhat Manner?Man's Wisdom

So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, [are] in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will [come] to them, whether [it will be] love or hatred.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

I looked again and saw under the sun that the race [does] not [belong] to the swift, the battle [does] not [belong] to the mighty, food [does] not [belong] to the wise, wealth [does] not [belong] to the intelligent, and success [does] not [belong] to the skillful, for time and chance befalls all of them.

Verse ConceptsBattlesCompetitionsBeing FairBrawnChanceLimitations Of StrengthSpeedFast RunnersGathering FoodEducationSunGod's TimingBattleGods TimingRaceGod's Timing And Planheroes

The words of the wise are heard in peace [more] than the shouting of a ruler [is heard] among the fools.

Verse ConceptsNo ShoutingFaintnessFools

The heart of the wise [inclines] to his right, but the heart of the fool [inclines] to his left.

Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

Verse ConceptsFools

The words of the wise [are] like cattle goads; the collections of the sages [are] like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.

Verse ConceptsNailsSharp Tools

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