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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 chochmah from above is berishonah (in the first place) tehorah (pure), then ohevet shalom (peace-loving), then eidel (gentle) and considerate, then full of rachamim and p'ri tov, and without maso panim and tzevi'ut.
When zadon (pride) cometh, then cometh kalon (shame, disgrace), but with the humble is chochmah.
The Yirat Hashem is the musar of chochmah; and before kavod (honor) is anavah (humility).
Chochmah is the principal thing; therefore get chochmah, and with all thy getting get binah (understanding).
So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh; when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future), and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off.
Acquire chochmah, acquire binah (understanding); forget it not; neither turn from the words of my peh (mouth).
He that walketh with chachamim shall be wise, but a companion of kesilim (fools) shall come to harm.
Chochmah makes one chacham stronger than asarah shalitim (ten rulers) which are in the city.
And the Ruach of Hashem shall rest upon Him, the Ruach of Chochmah and Binah, the Ruach of Etzah (Counsel) and Gevurah, the Ruach of Da'as and of the Yir'at Hashem;
And He changeth the times and the zmanim (seasons); He removeth melachim, and setteth up melachim; He giveth chochmah unto the chachamim, and da'as to them that know binah;
But we do speak chochmah (wisdom) to the man who is mevugar (mature, grown up), to those with mature ruchaniyut (spirituality in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach), yet, it is a chochmah (wisdom) not of the Olam Hazeh, neither of the rulers of the Olam Hazeh, the ones being brought to naught.But we speak the chochmah of Hashem in a hidden sod (mystery), which was nigzar merosh (determined from the beginning, preordained, predestined, decided beforehand) by Hashem lifnei yemei haOlam (before the days of eternity) for our kavod (glory);
Who has chochmah and binah among you? Let him show by his hitnahagut hatovah (good conduct) that the ma'asim of him are of the shiflut (lowliness) of chochmah.
And if I'm a marbitz tzedaka and give all I possess in gemilut chasadim and if I give my body al kiddush Hashem for sereifah (death by burning), but ahavah I do not have, I have gained nothing.
Let no one deceive himself: if anyone presumes to be chacham among you in the Olam Hazeh, let him become a kesil (fool), that he may become chacham.
Walk in chochmah toward outsiders, redeeming the time.May your lashon always be with the Chen v'Chesed Hashem, seasoned with melach (salt), so that you may have da'as how it is necessary for you to answer each one.
To one through the Ruach Hakodesh is given a dvar chochmah (a dvar of wisdom); to another, according to the same Ruach Hakodesh, a dvar da'as (word of knowledge);
How much better is it to acquire chochmah than gold, and acquiring binah (understanding) a better choice than kesef!
Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding).In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).
The fear of Hashem is the reshit chochmah; seichel tov have all they that live by it; His tehillah (praise) endureth forever.
For chochmah is a protective tzel (shade), and kesef is as well; but the advantage of da'as is, that chochmah giveth chayyim (life) to them that possess it.
Therefore, we also, from the day that we heard, do not cease davening for you and offering tefillos that you be filled with da'as of the ratzon Hashem in all chochmah and binah in the Ruach Hakodesh.
In Giv'on Hashem appeared to Sh'lomo in a chalom halailah; Elohim said, Ask what I should give thee.And Sh'lomo said, Thou hast showed unto Thy eved Dovid Avi chesed gadol (great mercy), according as he walked before Thee in emes, and in tzedakah, and in yesharah levav (uprightness of heart) with Thee; and Thou hast been shomer to preserve this chesed hagadol for him, that Thou hast given him ben to sit on his kisse, as is this day.And now, Hashem Elohai, Thou hast made Thy eved Melech in the place of Dovid Avi; and I am but a na'ar katon (little child); I know not how to go out or come in.And Thy eved is in the midst of Thy people which Thou hast chosen, an Am Rav, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.Give therefore Thy eved a lev shome'a (discerning heart, mind) to govern Thy people, that I may discern between tov and rav; for who is sufficient to judge this Thy so great a people?
For to the adam that is pleasing in His sight, Hashem gives chochmah, and da'as, and simchah; but to the choteh (sinner) Hashem giveth travail; Hashem giveth the work of gathering and storing up, that Hashem may give to him that pleases HaElohim. This also is hevel and chasing after ruach.
The derech of a fool is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, but he that payeth heed unto etzah is chacham (wise).
And unto adam He said, See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, and to depart from rah is binah.
[Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem; teach me Thy paths.[Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me; for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation; on Thee do I wait kol hayom.
Stop allowing yourself to be conformed to the Olam Hazeh, but be transformed by your hitkhadshut (regeneration, renewal) of your mind, so that you may ascertain what is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d), what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of G-d.
That Hashem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, the Avi Hakavod, may give to you a ruach of chochmah and hisgalus (revelation) in the da'as (knowledge) of Moshiach.It is my tefillah that the eynayim of your levavot may be enlightened so that you may have da'as of what is the tikvah of His kri'ah (his summons from Shomayim), what is the osher (wealth) of the kavod of His nachalah (allotted inheritance) in the Kedoshim,
He that getteth lev loveth his own nefesh; he that is shomer over tevunah (understanding) shall find tov.
Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly.
Chachamim treasure up da'as (knowledge); but the peh (mouth) of the foolish is near destruction.
That their levavot may be given chozek (strength), having been made an aguda of ahavah and all osher (wealth) of the full assurance of binah, resulting in the da'as of the raz of Hashem, namely Moshiach,Als (Since) you died with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach to the ikkarim (basic principles) of the Olam Hazeh, why, as though you still belonged to the keyam (existence) of the Olam Hazeh, do you (Goyim) chain yourself to chumra legalisms?“Do not touch; do not taste; do not handle.”The things referred to are all destined to deterioration with use, according to the humanly contrived mitzvot and the humanly contrived chukim (laws) of mere Bnei Adam,Which things have a superficial appearance of chochmah in self-imposed religion and mystical asceticism and severe physical mortification, but are of no value against the indulgence of the yetzer (the so-called basar unrenewed and unregenerated by the Ruach Hakodesh).In whom is nistar (hidden) all the otzarot (treasures) of chochmah and da'as.
In the lev of the discerning reposes chochmah, but that which is in kesilim is made known.
And He shall be the emunah (faithfulness, stability) of thy times, a rich store of Yeshu'ah (salvation), chochmah, and da'as; the yirat Hashem is his otzar (treasure).
For the so-called “sichlut” (foolishness) of Hashem has more chochmah than Bnei Adam, and the “weakness” of G-d has more koach (power) than Bnei Adam.
There is zahav, and a multitude of rubies, but the sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a precious jewel.
The petach (entrance, doorway) of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Keep asking and it shall be given to you; keep searching and you shall find; keep knocking and the delet shall be opened to you.For everyone asking receives, and the one searching finds, and to the one knocking the delet will be opened.
Achim b'Moshiach of mine, I myself am convinced concerning you, that you yourselves too are full of yosher (rectitude), full of da'as, able also to admonish one another.
Incline Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily; be Thou for me a Tzur Ma'oz, a Bais Metzudot (fortress) to save me.
Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion);So shall they be chayyim unto thy nefesh, and chen to thy neck.
For chochmah is tovah (better, more precious) than pearls; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
I said in mine lev, As for bnei haAdam, HaElohim tests them, that they might see that they themselves are like beheimah.For bnei haAdam and beheimah share one and same mikreh (fortune); as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that the adam hath no advantage above the beheimah; for all is hevel.
Bow down thine ozen, and hear the devarim of chachamim, and apply thine lev (mind, heart) unto my da'as.For it is a pleasant thing if thou be shomer over them within thee; they shall therewith abide ready upon thy sfatayim (lips).That thy trust may be in Hashem, I have made thee know this yom, even thee!
For your mishma'at has become known to all. So I have simcha over you, but want you to be chachamim regarding what is HaTov and innocent regarding what is HaRah.
Hinei! I send you as kevesim (sheep) in the midst of ze'evim; therefore, have the seichel (wisdom) of nachashim (serpents) and be tamim (faultless) as yonim (doves).
Ashrei is that man that maketh Hashem his trust, and looketh not to the proud ones, nor such as turn aside to lies (false g-ds).
Therefore, fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech with a careful walk, not as kesilim (fools) but as chachamim (wise ones),Redeeming the time, because the yamim are ra'im.
Chochmah is before the meiven (discerning one); but the eynayim of a kesil are on the ends of ha'aretz.
Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn Thy mitzvot.
When chochmah entereth into thine lev, and da'as (knowledge) is pleasant unto thy nefesh;Mezimah (discretion) shall be shomer over thee, tevunah (understanding) shall safeguard thee;
Now be Shomrei HaDvar Hashem and not Shomei HaDvar only, thereby causing yourselves to fall under remiyah (deceit, deception).
Adonoi Hashem hath given Me the leshon limmudim (learned tongue of disciples), that I should know how to speak a devar (word, i.e., word of consolation) in season to him that is weary; He wakeneth baboker baboker (morning by morning), He wakeneth Mine ozen (ear) to hear as the limmudim (disciples, those being taught).
Teach me Thy Derech, Hashem; I will walk in Thy emes; Yachad (make undivided) levavi (my heart) to fear Thy Shem.
Chochmot crieth out in the street; she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares);She crieth out in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the she'arim (gates); in the Ir (city) she uttereth her words, saying,
And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,
Its going forth is from the end of HaShomayim, and its circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.The torah of Hashem is temimah, converting the nefesh, the edut of Hashem is ne'emanah, making wise the simple.
Now therefore pay heed unto me, O ye banim; for ashrei (blessed, happy) are they that are shomer over my drakhim.Hear musar, and be chacham, and disdain it not.
As to the rest, Achim b'Moshiach, whatever things are emes (truth), nichbad (noble), yashar (straight), tahor (clean), male No'am (full of pleasantness) and tiferet (beauty), whatever things are commendable, if there is any virtue, if any praise, think about these things.
The shevet (rod) and tokhakhat (reproof) give chochmah, but a na'ar (child) left to himself bringeth immo to shame.
If the barzel (iron) be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must more strength be marshalled; but chochmah brings success.
Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn Thy mitzvot.They that fear Thee will be glad when they see me; for I have hoped in Thy Davar.
She openeth her peh (mouth) with chochmah; and on her lashon is the torat chesed (teaching of kindness).
This also cometh forth from Hashem Tzva'os, Who is wonderful in etzah, and excellent in wisdom.
Because, even though they in actual fact knew G-d, they did not ascribe Him kavod (glory) as G-d or give hodayah (thanksgiving) to Him, but became filled with hevel (futility, vanity, emptiness, worthlessness) in their thinking, and their senseless levavot were darkened.
Teach me good judgment and da'as; for I have believed in Thy mitzvot.Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I been shomer over Thy word.
Hear etzah, and accept musar, that thou mayest be wise in thy acharit (latter end, future).
With the ancient ones is chochmah; and in orech yamim (length of days) is binah (understanding).
How shall a na'ar cleanse his way? By being shomer thereto according to Thy Davar (Word).
Hear, ye banim, the musar (instruction, discipline) of an av, and attend to know binah (understanding).Hear, O beni (my son), and receive my sayings; and thy shnot chayyim shall be many.I have taught thee in the derech chochmah; I have led thee in ma'aglei yosher (right paths).When thou goest, thy steps shall not be hindered; and when thou runnest, lo tikashel (thou shalt not stumble).Take firm hold of musar; let her not go; guard her; for she is thy chayyim.Enter not into the orach resha'im, and go not on the derech ra'im (road of the wicked).Avoid it, travel al (not) on it, turn from it, and pass on.For they sleep not, unless they have done evil; and their sheynah (sleep) is robbed, unless they cause some to fall.For they eat the lechem of resha, and drink the yayin of chamasim (violences).But the orach tzaddikim (path of the righteous) is as the bright light, that shineth brighter and brighter unto the full day.The derech resha'im is as deep darkness; they know not at what they stumble.For I give you lekach tov (good doctrine, good instruction), forsake ye not my torah.
And further, by these, beni, be admonished; of making many sefarim there is no ketz; and much study is a weariness of the basar.
Search me, O El, and know my levav; test me, and know my thoughts;And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me, and lead me in the Derech Olam.
The Orakh Latzaddik (way of the just) is meiysharim (altogether level, upright, direct ones); Thou, O Yashar (Upright One, Straight One), straighten the ma'agal (circuit) of the tzaddik.
Seest thou an ish mahir (diligent, one who excells) in his work? He shall stand before melachim; he shall not stand before obscure men.
O Timotiyos, the pikkadon (deposit) entrusted to you be shomer over, turning away from the profane empty utterances and oppositions of the falsely named Da'as (Knowledge),
For to every one having, it will be given and he will have abundance; but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken from him.
Thou hast rejected all them that err from Thy chukkim: for their deceitfulness is sheker (falsehood).
For the chochmah (wisdom) of Olam Hazeh is narrishkait (foolishness) with Hashem. For it has been written, LOCHED CHACHAMIM BE'ARMAM (He catches the wise in their own craftiness).
And He who searches the levavot knows what is the way of thinking of the Ruach Hakodesh, because He intercedes as G-d would have it on behalf of the Kedoshim.
The Yirat Hashem is the beginning of chochmah, and the da'as Kedoshim (knowledge of the Holy One) is binah (understanding).
Teach me, Hashem, the derech of Thy chukkim; and I shall keep it unto the end.Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy torah; yes, I shall be shomer over it with my kol lev.
But solid okhel is for the mevugarim (mature ones, adults), the ones whose keilim (faculties) have been trained by practice for distinguishing both HaTov and HaRah.
Let the dvar of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach make its mishkan in you richly, in all chochmah and in all Moshiachʼs pnimiyus haTorah (innermost Torah teaching) and words of chizzuk, ministering to one another with Tehillim, shirim, and neshamah niggunim miRuach Hakodesh (soul melodies from the Ruach Hakodesh) with gratitude, singing in your levavot to Hashem.
But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him.
For chochmah is tovah (better, more precious) than pearls; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.I, Chochmah, dwell with armah (prudence), and find out da'as (knowledge) of mezimot (discretions).
That Hashem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, the Avi Hakavod, may give to you a ruach of chochmah and hisgalus (revelation) in the da'as (knowledge) of Moshiach.
For I will give to you a peh (mouth) and chochmah which none of your mitnaggedim will be able to resist or to contradict.
Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding).
So that thou incline thine ear unto chochmah, and apply thine lev to tevunah (understanding);
For Hashem giveth chochmah; out of His Peh (mouth) cometh da'as (knowledge) and tevunah (understanding).