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James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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2 Samuel 14 17
Your maidservant said,‘ The word of my Lord the king will now be comforting; for as the angel of God, so is my Lord the king in discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’”
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Proverbs 2:3-9
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
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John 5:30
I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
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Psalms 72:1-2
Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice.
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Isaiah 11:2-4
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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1 Chronicles 22 12
Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
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2 Corinthians 3 5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
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2 Chronicles 1 10
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”
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Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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Psalms 119:144
The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Exodus 4:10-13
Then Moses said to the Lord,“ O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”So the Lord said to him,“ Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord?Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”But he said,“ O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
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Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.
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Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.
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Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.Then I said:“ Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, And his words are not heard.Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.Wisdom is better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys much good.”
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Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I:“ Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
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Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.
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Psalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
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James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
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Exodus 3:11-12
But Moses said to God,“ Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”So He said,“ I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And profitable to those who see the sun.
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1 Corinthians 2 14-1 Corinthians 2 15
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
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Matthew 3:14
And John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”
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1 Kings 3 28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
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Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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2 Corinthians 2 16
To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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1 Chronicles 29 19
And give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.”
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Philippians 1:10
that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengthens the wise More than ten rulers of the city.