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111 Bible verses about asking for Wisdom
Think about it: asking God for wisdom is way more valuable than asking for riches. It's through wisdom that you come up with great strategies that can lead you to a truly successful life.
Not only that, but you become someone who can really help others – with timely advice, constructive feedback, and by contributing ideas and projects that can bless everyone around you. Wisdom is that good judgment you develop from experience, observation, and reflection.
King Solomon asked God for wisdom and became known as the wisest man on earth. God was pleased with Solomon because he didn't focus on material wealth, but on filling his spirit with the knowledge of God's glory. Someone who is wise enjoys a virtue that not many have. In God, wisdom is the infinite and perfect understanding of everything that is or could be. It's a gift from God that He wants everyone to ask for, just like it says in James 1:5.
God wants you to be filled with wisdom. It'll guide you every day, help you make good decisions, and keep you from falling into foolishness and getting swept away by the world. God is the source of wisdom, just as He is the source of power, and through the fear of the Lord, wisdom is given.
The Holy Spirit wants you to achieve your goals, fulfilling His will at all times, without rejecting God's word. Be careful how you live, not as a fool but as a wise person, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:15-16). Wisdom shows in your actions; when a wise person does or says something, it's because they know it's right.
Draw near to God in prayer so His spirit can be upon you, filling you with wisdom. That way, you'll know that everything you do is guided by Him, and you'll become a prudent person, able to bless the lives of those who need wisdom. Ask God, and He will give abundantly, not just for your own benefit, but to give light to those in darkness and guide those who are lost.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;
Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[1] but have not love, I gain nothing.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
Conduct yourselves wisely[2] toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."And Solomon said, "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.' "
Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Do not be conformed to this world,[3] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[4]
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.I understand more than the aged,[4] for I keep your precepts.
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.[8]
and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's[1] treasure.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[1] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
My son, do not lose sight of these -- keep sound wisdom and discretion,and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.
Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
The law of the LORD is perfect,[3] reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
"And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.[2]
Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain[1] insight,for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts![3]And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting![4]
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because[6] the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.[2]Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her."I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.