Seeking Knowledge

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

The commencement of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones <FI>is<Fi> understanding.

Also, without knowledge the soul <FI>is<Fi> not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

The beginning of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise <FI>is<Fi> standing for ever!

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

Ye multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

For wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a defense, money <FI>is<Fi> a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> , She reviveth her possessors.

O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ, — read the full passage →

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

To get wisdom--how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

And He saith to man: --`Lo, fear of the Lord, that <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And to turn from evil <FI>is<Fi> understanding.'

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.

O the happiness of a man <FI>who<Fi> hath found wisdom, And of a man <FI>who<Fi> bringeth forth understanding.

Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

The first thing <FI>is<Fi> wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and the truth shall make you free.'

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise.

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

and of Him ye--ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my <FI>sheep<Fi> , and am known by mine,

and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

For giving to simple ones--prudence, To a youth--knowledge and discretion.

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest <FI>it<Fi> to them, — read the full passage →

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; — read the full passage →

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. — read the full passage →

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

`And--ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the instruction of wisdom, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility!

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

So <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.