Job 28:12
New Living Translation
12 “But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
Job 28:12
New International Version
James 1:5
New Living Translation
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
Read full chapter
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)
Job 28:20
New Living Translation
20 “But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
Job 28:20
New International Version
20 Where then does wisdom come from?
Where does understanding dwell?(A)
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
New Living Translation
19 As the Scriptures say,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”[a]
20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
New International Version
19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)
20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
Colossians 2:3
New Living Translation
3 In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Read full chapter
Colossians 2:3
New International Version
3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New Living Translation
23 I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn’t work. 24 Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find. 25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New International Version
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said,
“I am determined to be wise”(A)—
but this was beyond me.
24 Whatever exists is far off and most profound—
who can discover it?(B)
25 So I turned my mind to understand,
to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things(C)
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
and the madness of folly.(D)
Proverbs 3:19
New Living Translation
19 By wisdom the Lord founded the earth;
by understanding he created the heavens.
Proverbs 3:19
New International Version
Proverbs 2:4-6
New Living Translation
4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord grants wisdom!
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:4-6
New International Version
James 1:17
New Living Translation
17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b]
Read full chapter
James 1:17
New International Version
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(A) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(B) who does not change(C) like shifting shadows.
Job 28:28
New Living Translation
28 And this is what he says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Job 28:28
New International Version
Psalm 51:6
New Living Translation
6 But you desire honesty from the womb,[a]
teaching me wisdom even there.
Footnotes
- 51:6 Or from the heart; Hebrew reads in the inward parts.
Psalm 51:6
New International Version
1 Kings 3:9
New Living Translation
9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
Read full chapter
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?”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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.