Proverbs 2:6

God's Word

The Lord gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:24

The whole world wanted to listen to the wisdom that God gave Solomon.

1 Kings 3:12

So I’m going to do what you’ve asked. I’m giving you a wise and understanding heart so that there will never be anyone like you.

1 Kings 3:9

Give me a heart that listens so that I can judge your people and tell the difference between good and evil. After all, who can judge this great people of yours?”

1 Kings 4:29

God gave Solomon wisdom—keen insight and a mind as limitless as the sand on the seashore.

1 Chronicles 22:12

The Lord will give you insight and understanding as he commands you to take charge of Israel and to follow the Teachings of the Lord your God.

Ezra 7:25

You, Ezra, using your God’s wisdom—the Teachings you hold in your hands—will appoint judges and administrators for all the people who know your God’s Teachings and live ⌞in the province⌟ west of the Euphrates River. In addition, you will teach anyone who doesn’t know the Teachings.

Nehemiah 7:5

Then my God put the idea into my head that I should gather the nobles, leaders, and people so that they could check their genealogy. I found the book with the genealogy of those who came back the first time. I found the following written in it:

Job 12:13

God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.

Job 12:16

“God has power and priceless wisdom. He owns ⌞both⌟ the deceiver and the person who is deceived.

Job 22:22

Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart.

Job 32:8

However, there is in humans a Spirit, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

Psalm 119:104

From your guiding principles I gain understanding. That is why I hate every path that leads to lying.

Psalm 119:34

Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings. I will guard them with all my heart.

Psalm 119:98

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me.

Psalm 19:7

The teachings of the Lord are perfect. They renew the soul. The testimony of the Lord is dependable. It makes gullible people wise.

Psalm 19:8

The instructions of the Lord are correct. They make the heart rejoice. The command of the Lord is radiant. It makes the eyes shine.

Psalm 51:6

Yet, you desire truth and sincerity. Deep down inside me you teach me wisdom.

Psalm 94:10

He disciplines nations. Do you think he can’t punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn’t know anything?

Exodus 31:3

I have filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, making him highly skilled, resourceful, and knowledgeable in all trades.

Proverbs 6:23

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be taught by the Lord, and your children will have unlimited peace.

Isaiah 8:20

They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people don’t speak these words, it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.

Daniel 1:17

God gave these four men knowledge, wisdom, and the ability to understand all kinds of literature. Daniel could also understand all kinds of visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and periods of history. He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and knowledge to those who have insight.

Daniel 2:23

God of my ancestors, I thank and praise you. You gave me wisdom and power. You told me the answer to our question. You told us what the king wants to know.”

Luke 21:15

I will give you words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to oppose or prove wrong.

John 6:45

The prophets wrote, ‘God will teach everyone.’ Those who do what they have learned from the Father come to me.

James 1:17

Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.

James 1:5

If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them.