Wise

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

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

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

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

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 →

for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

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

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. — read the full passage →

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

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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 →

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

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

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things? — read the full passage →

`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil. — read the full passage →

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

for see your calling, brethren, that not many <FI>are<Fi> wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

`If ye love me, my commands keep, — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon. — read the full passage →

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. — read the full passage →

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you; — read the full passage →

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil; — 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; — read the full passage →

For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible <FI>is<Fi> as a storm--a wall.

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high. — read the full passage →

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright--he prepareth his way. — read the full passage →

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways <FI>are<Fi> established. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture. — read the full passage →

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes. — read the full passage →

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me. — read the full passage →

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. — read the full passage →

Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. — read the full passage →

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for <FI>am<Fi> I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one--Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Remember former things of old, For I <FI>am<Fi> Mighty, and there is none else, God--and there is none like Me. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. — read the full passage →

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they <FI>are<Fi> vanity. — read the full passage →

For good <FI>is<Fi> a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.'

By David. --An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression <FI>is<Fi> forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

And the woman whose son <FI>is<Fi> the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this <FI>one<Fi> saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine--cut <FI>it<Fi> .' — read the full passage →

lo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee; — read the full passage →

and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God <FI>is<Fi> ?' — read the full passage →

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world. — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

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;

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking; — read the full passage →

and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,' — read the full passage →

and a high priest over the house of God, — read the full passage →

continually pray ye; — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make; — read the full passage →

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.' — read the full passage →

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;' — read the full passage →

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things, — read the full passage →

And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand. — read the full passage →

And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Lo, I have come unto thee; now--am I at all able to speak anything? the word which God setteth in my mouth--it I do speak.'

thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which <FI>is<Fi> with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself. — read the full passage →

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, — read the full passage →