'Understanding' in the Bible

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

for understanding a proverb or a parable,the words of the wise, and their riddles.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

To keep you from the immoral woman;From the seductress with her flattering words,

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

The wise in heart will be called understanding,And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it .

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Three things cause wonder for me; four are beyond my understanding: