Font Size
2 Chronicles 1:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Chronicles 1:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of yours?”(A)
Read full chapter
2 Chronicles 1:10
New International Version
2 Chronicles 1:10
New International Version
10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead(A) this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 3:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(A)
Read full chapter
1 Kings 3:9
New International Version
1 Kings 3:9
New International Version
9 So give your servant a discerning(A) heart to govern your people and to distinguish(B) between right and wrong. For who is able(C) to govern this great people of yours?”
Proverbs 2:2-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 2:2-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(B)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(C)
Proverbs 2:2-6
New International Version
Proverbs 2:2-6
New International Version
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding(A)—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight(B)
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,(C)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(D)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;(E)
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(F)
James 1:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
James 1:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.(A)
Read full chapter
James 1:5
New International Version
James 1:5
New International Version
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(A) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(B)
Proverbs 4:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 4:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom,
and whatever else you get, get insight.(A)
Proverbs 4:7
New International Version
Proverbs 4:7
New International Version
Read full chapter
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
- Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
2 Samuel 5:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 5:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”(A)
Read full chapter
2 Samuel 5:2
New International Version
2 Samuel 5:2
New International Version
2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.(A) And the Lord said(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.(D)’”
2 Corinthians 3:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Corinthians 3:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Not that we are qualified of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our qualification is from God,(A)
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 3:5
New International Version
2 Corinthians 3:5
New International Version
5 Not that we are competent in ourselves(A) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(B)
Proverbs 3:13-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 3:13-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The True Wealth
13 Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who get understanding,
14 for her income is better than silver
and her revenue better than gold.(A)
15 She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.(B)
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.(C)
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.(D)
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called happy.(E)
Proverbs 3:13-18
New International Version
Proverbs 3:13-18
New International Version
13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.(A)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(B)
nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(D)
in her left hand are riches and honor.(E)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.(F)
18 She is a tree of life(G) to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.(H)
Psalm 119:73
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 119:73
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.(A)
Psalm 119:73
New International Version
Psalm 119:73
New International Version
י Yodh
73 Your hands made me(A) and formed me;
give me understanding to learn your commands.
Psalm 119:34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 119:34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.(A)
Psalm 119:34
New International Version
Psalm 119:34
New International Version
Numbers 27:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Numbers 27:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(A)
Read full chapter
Numbers 27:17
New International Version
Numbers 27:17
New International Version
17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(A)
Deuteronomy 31:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Deuteronomy 31:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 he said to them, “I am now one hundred twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has told me, ‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’(A)
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 31:2
New International Version
Deuteronomy 31:2
New International Version
2 “I am now a hundred and twenty years old(A) and I am no longer able to lead you.(B) The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’(C)
2 Corinthians 2:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Corinthians 2:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Corinthians 2:16
New International Version
2 Corinthians 2:16
New International Version
16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death;(A) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?(B)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.