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Intelligence
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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;
I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please”; and he says, “I can’t read.”
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased.”
youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world? — read the full passage →
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This is the first commandment.
Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, — read the full passage →
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, — read the full passage →
For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall take action: he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. — read the full passage →
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Moreover Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying, — read the full passage →
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun. — read the full passage →
“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens! — read the full passage →
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, — read the full passage →
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship; — read the full passage →
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.” — read the full passage →
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles;
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. — read the full passage →
Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there. — read the full passage →
She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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