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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
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Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
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By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
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My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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Wisdom’s Call
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
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Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.
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Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
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Folly brings joy to one who has no sense, but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course.
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Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
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Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
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The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
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Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.
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The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
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A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?
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By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
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Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
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Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.
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Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.
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“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:
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Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
