Proverbs 2:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 Kings 10:24

And the whole world sought audience with Solomon, to hear the wisdom God had put into his heart.

1 Kings 3:12

I now do as you request. I give you a heart so wise and discerning that there has never been anyone like you until now, nor after you will there be anyone to equal you.

1 Kings 3:9

Give your servant, therefore, a listening heart to judge your people and to distinguish between good and evil. For who is able to give judgment for this vast people of yours?”

1 Chronicles 22:12

But may the Lord give you prudence and discernment when he gives you command over Israel, so that you keep the law of the Lord, your God.

Ezra 7:25

“As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws.

Nehemiah 7:5

When my God had inspired me to gather together the nobles, the magistrates, and the people, and to examine their family records, I came upon the family list of those who had returned in the earliest period. There I found the following written:

Job 12:13

With him are wisdom and might; his are counsel and understanding.

Job 12:16

With him are strength and prudence; the misled and the misleaders are his.

Job 22:22

Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in human beings, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

Psalm 119:104

Through your precepts I gain understanding; therefore I hate all false ways.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding to keep your law, to observe it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:98

Your commandment makes me wiser than my foes, as it is forever with me.

Psalm 19:7

From one end of the heavens it comes forth; its course runs through to the other; nothing escapes its heat.

Psalm 19:8

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.

Psalm 51:6

Against you, you alone have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your eyes So that you are just in your word, and without reproach in your judgment.

Psalm 94:10

Does the one who guides nations not rebuke? The one who teaches man not have knowledge?

Exodus 31:3

and I have filled him with a divine spirit of skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft:

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs that discipline,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught by the Lord; great shall be the peace of your children.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.

Daniel 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and proficiency in all literature and wisdom, and to Daniel the understanding of all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

He causes the changes of the times and seasons, establishes kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who understand.

Daniel 2:23

To you, God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and power. Now you have shown me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the king’s dream.”

Luke 21:15

for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets: ‘They shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

James 1:17

all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.