'Understanding' in the Bible

For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.

Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.

In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.