'Wisdom' in the Bible
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding,
to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice.
[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.
For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.
Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.
Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.
My child, may they not escape from your {sight}; may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.
Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.
The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.
In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness.
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;
Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "{intimate friend}."
Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.
I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
The start of wisdom is fear of Yahweh, and knowledge of the Holy One, insight.
A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.
[It is] like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
Pride comes, then disgrace comes, but wisdom [is] with the humble.
Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.
The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.
In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.
A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.
Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.
A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner, but the instruction of fools is folly.
Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.
He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.
Deep waters [are] words of the mouth of a man; a gushing stream [is] a fountain of wisdom.
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.
Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.
In the ears of a fool do not speak, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.
The warrior of wisdom [is] in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong [in] power.
Wisdom [is too] high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
Thus know wisdom for [the sake of] your soul, if you find [it], then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.
A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.
As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.
And I have not learned wisdom, nor will I know knowledge of the Holy One.
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness [is] upon her tongue.
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