'Wise' in the Bible
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
"There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
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