Proverbs 8:9
New Living Translation
9 My words are plain to anyone with understanding,
clear to those with 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 Living Translation
6 A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,
but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
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 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.
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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)
John 6:45
New Living Translation
45 As it is written in the Scriptures,[a] ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
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John 6:45
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
Matthew 13:11-12
New Living Translation
11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. 12 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.
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- 13:11 Greek the mysteries.
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 Living Translation
7 Should you talk that way, O family of Israel?[a]
Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior?
If you would do what is right,
you would find my words comforting.
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 Living Translation
8 And a great road will go through that once deserted land.
It will be named the Highway of Holiness.
Evil-minded people will never travel on it.
It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways;
fools will never walk there.
Isaiah 35:8
New International Version
Proverbs 18:15
New Living Translation
15 Intelligent people are always ready to learn.
Their ears are open for 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 Living Translation
18 Unfriendly people care only about themselves;
they lash out at common sense.
2 Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions.
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 Living Translation
24 Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,
but a fool’s eyes wander to 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 Living Translation
24 The path of life leads upward for the wise;
they leave the grave[a] behind.
Footnotes
- 15:24 Hebrew 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 Living Translation
14 A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
while the fool feeds on trash.
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 Living Translation
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are my constant guide.
99 Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,
for I am always thinking of your laws.
100 I am even wiser than my elders,
for I have kept your commandments.
Psalm 119:98-100
New International Version
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