34 occurrences

'Understanding' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceAcquiring Wisdomdiscrimination

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

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyAnswered PromisesDiscernment

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importanceattention

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

Verse ConceptsLack Of DiscernmentMaturity, PhysicalMiddle AgeBad ChildrenYouthVirtues Of Young PeopleFoolish People

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importance

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom And Guidance

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.

Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment

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

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMiseryPathways Of SinEvil WaysFavorSuccess And Hard Work

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

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfDestitutesWisdom, Human Importance

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

Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

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

Verse ConceptsFar From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

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

Verse ConceptsProverbsWisdom, Human ImportanceBenefits Of WisdomLoving OneselfLoving YourselfFinding Love

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

Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsSlothfulnessFarmingThe PastWorking Hard And Not Being Lazypastsloth

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

Verse Conceptsethics, socialGovernmentCivic RighteousnessRulersWisdom, Human ImportanceUnsuitable Rulerebellionapostasy