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Knowledge
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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
And the Spirit of Jehovah 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 Jehovah.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that dohis commandments: His praise endureth for ever.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. — read the full passage →
The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. — read the full passage →
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →
because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. — read the full passage →
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ, — read the full passage →
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 have understanding;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. — read the full passage →
Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. — read the full passage →
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools istheirfolly.
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; — read the full passage →
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. — read the full passage →
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
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