And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
Deuteronomy 4:6 - Tree of Life Version You must keep and do them, for it is your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples, who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So keep them and do them, for that is 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. American Standard Version (1901) Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. Common English Bible Keep them faithfully because that will show your wisdom and insight to the nations who will hear about all these regulations. They will say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and insightful people!” Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: 'Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation. |
And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom. All who follow His precepts have good understanding. His praise endures forever!
It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other end. Nothing is hidden from its heat.
The Torah of Adonai is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of Adonai is trustworthy, making the simple wise.
to give discernment to the naïve, knowledge and discretion to the youth
(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The wisdom of the prudent is to consider his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Adonai was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to make Torah great and glorious.
The wise men will be put to shame— shattered, trapped. Look! They have rejected Adonai’s word, so what wisdom do they have?
Thus says Adonai Elohim: “This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the midst of the nations, with countries all around her.
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers throughout his realm.
Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Beneath it the beasts of the field found shade and birds of the sky lived in its branches, and from it all creatures were fed.
Though I were to write out for him ten thousand things from My Torah, they are regarded as something strange.
“All the nations will call you blessed. For you will be a land of delight,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
“You are standing today, all of you, before Adonai your God—the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, all the men of Israel,
he said to them, “Put in your hearts all the words that I call as witness against you today—that you may command your children to keep and do all the words of this Torah.
For it is not an empty thing for you, because it is your life! By this word you will prolong your days on the land, which you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”
and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise, leading to salvation through trusting in Messiah Yeshua.
Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct let him show his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.