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James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil.
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2 Samuel 14 17
Then your servant said,‘ Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
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Proverbs 2:3-9
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And discover the knowledge of God.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,Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path.
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John 5:30
“ I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
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Psalms 72:1-2
Give the king Your judgments, God, And Your righteousness to the king’s son.May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice.
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Isaiah 11:2-4
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.And He will delight in the fear of the Lord, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
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1 Chronicles 22 12
Only the Lord give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the Lord your God.
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2 Corinthians 3 5
Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
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2 Chronicles 1 10
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”
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Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, so that I may comply with Your Law And keep it with all my heart.
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Psalms 119:144
Your testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
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Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Exodus 4:10-13
Then Moses said to the Lord,“ Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”But the Lord said to him,“ Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say.”But he said,“ Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will.”
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Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made both of them.
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Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, But the foolishness of fools is deceit.
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Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.So I said,“ Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are ignored.The words of the wise heard in calm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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Jeremiah 1:6
Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.”
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Proverbs 3:13-18
Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.She is more precious than jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her.Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are those who hold on to her.
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Psalms 119:73
Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.
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James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.
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Exodus 3:11-12
But Moses said to God,“ Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”And He said,“ Assuredly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom along with an inheritance is good, And an advantage to those who see the sun.
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1 Corinthians 2 14-1 Corinthians 2 15
But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.
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Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I have the need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?”
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1 Kings 3 28
When all Israel heard about the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
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Matthew 3:11
“ As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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2 Corinthians 2 16
to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
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1 Chronicles 29 19
and give my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.”
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Philippians 1:10
so that you may discover the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ;
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengthens a wise person more than ten rulers who are in a city.