Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: |
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Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. |
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Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. |
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Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. |
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Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. |
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Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. |
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Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. |
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1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? |
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1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? |
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Daniel 2:24-30
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; read more |
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. |
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
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Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. |
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James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: |
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Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: |
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Matthew 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: |
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Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. |
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Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. |
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Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. |
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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
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Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. |
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1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. |