Deuteronomy 4:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Keep them and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

Cross References

1 Kings 4:34

And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Job 28:28

And he said to man, ‘Behold, 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; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!

Psalm 19:7

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

Psalm 19:8

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

Proverbs 1:4

that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

Proverbs 1:5

the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding 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

The wisdom of a prudent man is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and 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 round about her.

Daniel 1:20

And 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 that were in all his kingdom.

Daniel 4:9

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is difficult for you, here is the dream which I saw; tell me its interpretation.

Hosea 8:12

Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.

Malachi 3:12

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

Deuteronomy 29:9

Therefore be careful to do the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all that you do.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Lay to heart all the words which I enjoin upon you this day, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no trifle for you, but it is your life, and thereby you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.