1570 verses about Understanding

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.