'Understanding' in the Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

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

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

In the lips of him that hath understanding 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 fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

The wise in heart will be called understanding,And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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 an excellent spirit.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

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

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

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

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

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

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

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

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

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it .

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Three things cause wonder for me; four are beyond my understanding:

Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.

For he has said,“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,For I have understanding;And I removed the boundaries of the peoplesAnd plundered their treasures,And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,

And the spirit of the LORD 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 the LORD;

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

As often as it sweeps through, it will carry you away, for it will sweep by morning after morning in the day; but understanding this message will bring sheer terror at night,

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

And Eliakim saith -- and Shebna and Joah -- unto Rabshakeh, 'Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us in Jewish, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.'

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

“Kings will be your attendants,And their princesses your nurses.They will bow down to you with their faces to the earthAnd lick the dust of your feet;And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord;For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord, “that the heart and courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded and horrified.”

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,For they do not know the way of the LordOr the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I am Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

He made the earth by His power,established the world by His wisdom,and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'"

"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.

The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

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

Her uncleanness [was] in her skirts; she did not remember her future, she has descended beyond understanding, there is no comforter for her. See, O Yahweh, my persecution! [My] enemy has been made great!

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in 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 tongue of the Chaldeans.

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

“Let his mind and nature be changed from a man’sAnd let an animal’s mind and nature be given to him,And let seven periods of time pass over him.

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

'At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been added to me.

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.