Proverbs 2:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

1 Kings 10:24

The whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.

1 Kings 3:12

I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.

1 Kings 3:9

Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”

1 Kings 4:29

God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, so that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Ezra 7:25

“And you, Ezra, according to the God-given wisdom you possess, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River who know the laws of your God, and you shall teach those who do not know them.

Nehemiah 7:5

Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who were the first to come back, and I found the following written in it:

Job 12:13

“With God 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 instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

Job 32:8

But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.

Psalm 119:104

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

Psalm 119:34

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

Psalm 119:98

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.

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;

Psalm 51:6

You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

Psalm 94:10

He who disciplines the nations, he who teaches knowledge to humankind, does he not chastise?

Exodus 31:3

and I have filled him with a divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge, and every kind of skill,

Proverbs 6:23

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

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Daniel 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and skill in every aspect of literature and wisdom; Daniel also had insight into all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Daniel 2:23

To you, O God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and power and have now revealed to me what we asked of you, for you have revealed to us what the king ordered.”

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.