and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—

and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—

Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.”

Solomon’s Wisdom

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.

“If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.

“Men of understanding declare, wise men who hear me say to me,

How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?