25 occurrences in 9 translations

'Understands' in the Bible

Yet to this day, the LORD hasn't given you a heart that understands, eyes that perceive, and ears that discern.

Verse ConceptsEarsHearingSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfRefusing To HearGod BlindingThose Who Were Ignorant

whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonengraving

But God understands the way to wisdom,and He knows its location.

Verse ConceptsWisdom

Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;He understands all things.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One

He formed the hearts of them all; he understands everything they do.

Verse ConceptsGod And The HeartGod Has Understanding

A man [who is held] in honor,Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheMen Similar To AnimalsAnimals Having A Soulhonour

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From HeavenFinding LoveGoing To HeavenWorshiping TogetherChild Of GodRacehumanityseeking

Who understands the power of Your anger?Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfAnger Of God, DescriptionGod Has AngerPassion

“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorLove Towards God, Results InLove For GodKnowing God's CharacterGod's ProtectionFocusProtecting Your FamilyProtection From Danger

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

Verse ConceptsStraight ThingsDiscernment

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFar From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

Evil men don't understand justice, but whoever seeks the LORD understands it all.

Verse ConceptsJusticeSeeking GodGod Giving UnderstandingNot Understanding Other Things

A slave cannot be disciplined by words;though he understands, he doesn’t respond.

Verse ConceptsResponseServanthood, In SocietyServants, BadMere Talk

You will no longer see a fierce people,A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesSpeech Impediments

Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the LORD spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it?

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureWhy Does This Happen?

But the one who boasts should boast in this,that he understands and knows Me—that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,justice, and righteousness on the earth,for I delight in these things.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfBoasting, LegitimateDelight, God ExpressingGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Righteousness OfGod, Will OfHappinessHeart, DivineJustification, Necessity OfKindnessPleasureUnderstandingGod Doing RightDoing RightI Am The LordExerciseBoasting

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Infer (1 instance)
Interpret (23 instances)
Realise (1 instance)
Realize (184 instances)
Sympathise (1 instance)
Sympathize (6 instances)
Translate (3 instances)
Understand (440 instances)
Understands (36 instances)

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