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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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 enquired 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:

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:

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.

I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

And when one of the Ninevites went and complained of me to the king, that I buried them, and hid myself; understanding that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear.

For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good.

For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.

Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.

Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.

For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,

Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.

For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.

For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.

And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;

Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

Wisdom raineth down skill and knowledge of understanding standing, and exalteth them to honour that hold her fast.

And if his understanding fail, have patience with him; and despise him not when thou art in thy full strength.

Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.

If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

She is very unpleasant to the unlearned: he that is without understanding will not remain with her.

If thou love to hear, thou shalt receive understanding: and if thou bow thine ear, thou shalt be wise,

Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.

And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.

Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.

It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.

Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.

Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.

He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.

With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.

For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.

They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.

Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.

He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding.

Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise unto him that found her.

They that were of understanding in sayings became also wise themselves, and poured forth exquisite parables.

Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.

He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.

A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.

A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.

An eloquent man is known far and near; but a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.

He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.

If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and add unto it: but as soon as one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back.