Deuteronomy 4:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’

Cross References

1 Kings 4:34

People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 19:8

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;

Proverbs 1:4

to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young—

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 14:34

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

Proverbs 14:8

It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom is in them?

Ezekiel 5:5

“Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

Daniel 4:9

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that you are endowed with a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery is too difficult for you. Hear the dream that I saw, and tell me its interpretation.

Hosea 8:12

Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.

Malachi 3:12

Then all nations will count you happy, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 29:9

Therefore observe the words of this covenant and perform them, in order that you may succeed in everything that you do.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today; give them as a command to your children, so that they may diligently observe all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13

Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.