Deuteronomy 4:6

New English Translation

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.”

Cross References

1 Kings 4:34

People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

Job 28:28

And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalm 111:10

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

Psalm 19:8

The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.

Proverbs 1:4

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

Proverbs 1:5

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

Proverbs 1:7

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

Jeremiah 8:9

Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?

Ezekiel 5:5

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.

Daniel 4:9

saying, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!

Hosea 8:12

I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!

Malachi 3:12

“All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Deuteronomy 29:9

“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.