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Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD[ is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do[ his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
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Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that[ is] wisdom; and to depart from evil[ is] understanding.
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2 Timothy 3 15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD[ is] the beginning of knowledge:[ but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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1 Kings 4 34
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
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James 3:13
Who[ is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the LORD[ is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD[ is] sure, making wise the simple.
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Deuteronomy 30:19-20
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,[ that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:That thou mayest love the LORD thy God,[ and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he[ is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
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1 Kings 10 6-1 Kings 10 9
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen[ it]: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.Happy[ are] thy men, happy[ are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee,[ and] that hear thy wisdom.Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
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Malachi 3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
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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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Jeremiah 8:9
The wise[ men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom[ is] in them?
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Zechariah 8:20-23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts;[ It shall] yet[ come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:And the inhabitants of one[ city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days[ it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard[ that] God[ is] with you.
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Daniel 5:11-16
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom[ is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king,[ I say], thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans,[ and] soothsayers;Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.Then was Daniel brought in before the king.[ And] the king spake and said unto Daniel,[ Art] thou that Daniel, which[ art] of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods[ is] in thee, and[ that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.And now the wise[ men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and[ have] a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom[ and] understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians[ and] astrologers that[ were] in all his realm.
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Psalms 119:98-100
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they[ are] ever with me.I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies[ are] my meditation.I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
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Daniel 4:9
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods[ is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.