Deuteronomy 4:6

New Century Version

Obey these laws carefully, in order to show the other nations that you have wisdom and understanding. When they hear about these laws, they will say, “This great nation of Israel is wise and understanding.”

Cross References

1 Kings 4:34

People from all nations came to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom. The kings of all nations sent them to him, because they had heard of Solomon’s wisdom.

Job 28:28

Then he said to humans, ‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom; to stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 111:10

Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord; those who obey his orders have good understanding. He should be praised forever.

Psalm 19:7

The teachings of the Lord are perfect; they give new strength. The rules of the Lord can be trusted; they make plain people wise.

Psalm 19:8

The orders of the Lord are right; they make people happy. The commands of the Lord are pure; they light up the way.

Proverbs 1:4

They make the uneducated wise and give knowledge and sense to the young.

Proverbs 1:5

Wise people can also listen and learn; even they can find good advice in these words.

Proverbs 1:7

Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 14:34

Doing what is right makes a nation great, but sin will bring disgrace to any people.

Proverbs 14:8

A wise person will understand what to do, but a foolish person is dishonest.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord made his teachings wonderful, because he is good.

Jeremiah 8:9

These wise teachers refused to listen to the word of the Lord, so they are not really wise at all. They will be ashamed. They will be shocked and trapped.

Ezekiel 5:5

“This is what the Lord God says: This is Jerusalem. I have put her at the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Daniel 1:20

Every time the king asked them about something important, they showed much wisdom and understanding. They were ten times better than all the fortune-tellers and magicians in his kingdom!

Daniel 4:9

I said, “Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all the fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, so there is no secret that is too hard for you to understand. This was what I dreamed; tell me what it means.

Hosea 8:12

I have written many teachings for them, but they think the teachings are strange and foreign.

Malachi 3:12

“All the nations will call you blessed, because you will have a pleasant country,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Deuteronomy 29:9

You must carefully obey everything in this agreement so that you will succeed in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them: “Pay careful attention to all the words I have said to you today, and command your children to obey carefully everything in these teachings.

Deuteronomy 32:47

These should not be unimportant words for you, but rather they mean life for you! By these words you will live a long time in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to take as your own.”

2 Timothy 3:15

Since you were a child you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13

Are there those among you who are truly wise and understanding? Then they should show it by living right and doing good things with a gentleness that comes from wisdom.