Exo 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
Deu 32:29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern their latter end!
they would discern their latter end!
1Ki 4:31 For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
Job 32:9 It is not the old who are wise,
nor the aged who understand what is right.
nor the aged who understand what is right.
Job 35:11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Psa 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
Psa 58:5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.
or of the cunning enchanter.
Psa 105:22 to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
and to teach his elders wisdom.
Psa 119:98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
for it is ever with me.
Pro 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
consider her ways, and be wise.
Pro 8:33 Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
and do not neglect it.
Pro 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Pro 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Pro 13:20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Pro 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Pro 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Pro 21:11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Pro 23:15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
my heart too will be glad.
Pro 23:19 Hear, my son, and be wise,
and direct your heart in the way.
and direct your heart in the way.
Pro 27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Pro 30:24 Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
but they are exceedingly wise:
Ecc 2:15 Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Ecc 2:19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecc 7:16 Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Ecc 7:23 All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.
Zec 9:2 and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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