Seeking Wisdom

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;

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

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;

For better <FI>is<Fi> wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. — read the full passage →

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

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

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,

for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

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

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

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

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

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. — read the full passage →

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

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.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

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

And he answering said to them that--`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

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

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

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

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

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

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

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

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

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

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. — 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;

A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.

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

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

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;

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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.

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

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

Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Thee, O God of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might Thou hast given to me; and now, Thou hast caused me to know that which we have sought from Thee, for the king's matter Thou hast caused us to know.'

Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!

For to a man who <FI>is<Fi> good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

and the truth shall make you free.'

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

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

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — 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,

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

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

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

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

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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.

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

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

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

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; — read the full passage →

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.

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

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than <FI>for<Fi> a man to hear a song of fools,

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, — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.