'Wise Man' in the Bible

Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.”

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledgeAnd fill himself with the east wind?

“But come again all of you now,For I do not find a wise man among you.

“Can a vigorous man be of use to God,Or a wise man be useful to himself?

“Men of understanding will say to me,And a wise man who hears me,

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you,Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,But a fool is arrogant and careless.

The fury of a king is like messengers of death,But a wise man will appease it.

A wise man scales the city of the mightyAnd brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

A wise man is strong,And a man of knowledge increases power.

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

A fool always loses his temper,But a wise man holds it back.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise manThan for one to listen to the song of fools.

For oppression makes a wise man mad,And a bribe corrupts the heart.

Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.

and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.

Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.

Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

Thus says the Lord,“Though they are at full strength and likewise many,Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.Though I have afflicted you,I will afflict you no longer.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,