'Understanding' in the Bible

and have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in every work,

and he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.

And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite.

Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?

behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.

And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.

Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God.

And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.

And Hezekiah spoke consolingly to all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.

And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge and having understanding,

I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?

With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.

He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt them.

I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.

He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who heareth me:

Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding:

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever.

Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.

To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.

Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.

A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.

Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.

Oh your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

And they that are of erring spirit shall know understanding, and the disobedient shall learn doctrine.

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?

Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.

And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

youths in whom was no blemish, and of goodly countenance, and skilful in all wisdom, and acquainted with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.