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Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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Proverbs 9:9
Give[ instruction] to a wise[ man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just[ man], and he will increase in learning.
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Psalms 119:97-104
MEM. O how love I thy law! it[ is] my meditation all the day.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.I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.How sweet are thy words unto my taste![ yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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1 Kings 3 9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom[ is] the principal thing;[ therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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Luke 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
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James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all[ men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Proverbs 1:5
A wise[ man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell[ it] not;[ also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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Proverbs 10:14
Wise[ men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish[ is] near destruction.
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Luke 8:8-10
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget[ it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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2 Timothy 3 15-2 Timothy 3 17
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.All scripture[ is] given by inspiration of God, and[ is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.