'Wisdom' in the Bible

To know wisdom and instruction,To discern the sayings of understanding,

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Wisdom shouts in the street,She lifts her voice in the square;

Make your ear attentive to wisdom,Incline your heart to understanding;

For the Lord gives wisdom;From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

For wisdom will enter your heartAnd knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

How blessed is the man who finds wisdomAnd the man who gains understanding.

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth,By understanding He established the heavens.

My son, let them not vanish from your sight;Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

I have directed you in the way of wisdom;I have led you in upright paths.

My son, give attention to my wisdom,Incline your ear to my understanding;

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”And call understanding your intimate friend;

Does not wisdom call,And understanding lift up her voice?

“O naive ones, understand prudence;And, O fools, understand wisdom.

“For wisdom is better than jewels;And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,And I find knowledge and discretion.

“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;I am understanding, power is mine.

Wisdom has built her house,She has hewn out her seven pillars;

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

When pride comes, then comes dishonor,But with the humble is wisdom.

Through insolence comes nothing but strife,But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

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

The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,But the foolishness of fools is deceit.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,And before honor comes humility.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,When he has no sense?

Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

He who separates himself seeks his own desire,He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;He who keeps understanding will find good.

There is no wisdom and no understandingAnd no counsel against the Lord.

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Buy truth, and do not sell it,Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

By wisdom a house is built,And by understanding it is established;

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,He does not open his mouth in the gate.

Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;If you find it, then there will be a future,And your hope will not be cut off.

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

The rod and reproof give wisdom,But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

Neither have I learned wisdom,Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

She opens her mouth in wisdom,And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.