Proverbs 8:9
New King James Version
9 They are all plain to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 8:9
New International Version
9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
Proverbs 14:6
New King James Version
6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
But (A)knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Proverbs 14:6
New International Version
6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)
James 1:5
New King James Version
5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.
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James 1:5
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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)
John 6:45
New King James Version
45 It is written in the prophets, (A)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (B)Therefore everyone who [a]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
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- John 6:45 M hears and has learned
John 6:45
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45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[a](A) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
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- John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
Matthew 13:11-12
New King James Version
11 He answered and said to them, “Because (A)it has been given to you to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 (B)For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
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- Matthew 13:11 secret or hidden truths
Matthew 13:11-12
New International Version
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.(C)
Micah 2:7
New King James Version
7 You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?
Micah 2:7
New International Version
7 You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
“Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
Does he do such things?”
Footnotes
- Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord
Isaiah 35:8
New King James Version
8 A (A)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
(B)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
Isaiah 35:8
New International Version
Proverbs 18:15
New King James Version
15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 18:15
New International Version
15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 18:1-2
New King James Version
The Name of the Lord Is a Strong Tower
18 A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire;
He rages against all [a]wise judgment.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding,
But in expressing his (A)own heart.
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- Proverbs 18:1 sound wisdom
Proverbs 18:1-2
New International Version
18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)
Proverbs 17:24
New King James Version
24 (A)Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:24
New International Version
24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 15:24
New King James Version
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- Proverbs 15:24 Or Sheol
Proverbs 15:24
New International Version
24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 15:14
New King James Version
14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Proverbs 15:14
New International Version
14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Psalm 119:98-100
New King James Version
98 You, through Your commandments, make me (A)wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
(B)For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 (C)I understand more than the [a]ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
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- Psalm 119:100 aged
Psalm 119:98-100
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