'Intelligence' in the Bible
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and skill, in understanding and intelligence, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,
and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and skill, with intelligence and understanding, and with knowledge in all [areas of] craftsmanship,
“But I have intelligence as well as you;I am not inferior to you.And who does not know such things as these?
“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s peopleAnd makes them wander in a pathless waste.
“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.
Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:
Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.
Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.
Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.
How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.
The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.
With whom took he counsel, and who gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
“The wise men are shamed,They are dismayed and caught.Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord,And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the diviners, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. Your own predecessor, the king,
I’ve heard that you have the spirit of the gods in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
But he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many who listened to Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things [this knowledge and spiritual insight]? What is this wisdom [this confident understanding of the Scripture] that has been given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
All who heard him were amazed at his intelligence and his answers.
You foolish ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
But they were not able to successfully withstand and cope with the wisdom and the intelligence [and the power and inspiration] of the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."
We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, develop moral excellence, and in moral excellence, knowledge (insight, understanding),
and in front of the throne there was something like a sea or large expanse of glass, like [the clearest] crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living creatures who were full of eyes in front and behind [seeing everything and knowing everything that is around them].
Here is wisdom. Let the person who has enough insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the [imperfect] number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
Here is the mind which has wisdom [and this is what it knows about the vision]. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits;