Proverbs 2:6

Modern English Version

For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Cross References

1 Kings 10:24

All the earth came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I now do according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you in the past, and there shall never arise another like you.

1 Kings 3:9

Give Your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge among so great a people?”

1 Kings 4:29

God gave Solomon wisdom and great depth of understanding as well as compassion, as vast as the sand on the seashore.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding and give you charge over Israel so you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Ezra 7:25

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God who empowers you, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people of the province Beyond the River, all those who know the laws of your God and those who do not, whom you must teach.

Nehemiah 7:5

So my God put an idea in my mind, and I gathered the nobles, the officials, and the people together to conduct a genealogy registration. When I found the book of the genealogical register, it contained the list of those who first came back. I found written in it:

Job 12:13

“With Him are wisdom and strength; He has counsel and understanding.

Job 12:16

With Him are strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Job 22:22

Receive, I pray, the teaching from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

Psalm 119:104

Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, so that I may keep Your law, and observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:98

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 19:8

the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward being, and in my secret heart You will teach me wisdom.

Psalm 94:10

He who disciplines the nations, shall He not correct? He teaches man knowledge!

Exodus 31:3

I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the person who is pleasing before Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the one who sins, He gives the task to gather and collect, to give to the other person who is pleasing before God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your sons shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your sons.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Daniel 1:17

As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in every branch of learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all kinds of visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

It is He who changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.

Daniel 2:23

I thank and praise You, O God of my fathers; for You have given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king’s matter.”

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your opponents will be able to neither refute nor resist.

John 6:45

It is written in the Prophets, ‘They shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and has learned of the Father comes to Me.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.