Matthew 11:25. At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew 23:34. Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Luke 10:21. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Romans 1:14. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans 1:22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 16:19. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Romans 16:27. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 1:19. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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?
1 Corinthians 1:25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 1:26. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1 Corinthians 1:27. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 3:10. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1 Corinthians 3:18. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:20. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
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?
Ephesians 5:15. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
1 Timothy 1:17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
James 3:13. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Jude 1:25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Genesis 41:8. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Exodus 28:3. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus 35:10. And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
Exodus 35:25. And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exodus 36:1. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
Exodus 36:4. And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
Exodus 36:8. And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Deuteronomy 1:13. Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy 1:15. So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy 4:6. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 16:19. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 32:6. Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Judges 5:29. Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
1 Samuel 16:18. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
2 Samuel 13:3. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
2 Samuel 14:2. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel 14:20. To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
2 Samuel 20:16. Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
1 Kings 2:9. Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1 Kings 2:46. So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 Kings 3:12. Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Chronicles 22:15. Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
2 Chronicles 2:7. Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2 Chronicles 2:12. Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 2:13. And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
2 Chronicles 2:14. The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Job 5:13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9:4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 15:2. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15:18. Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 32:9. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 34:2. Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34:34. Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Job 37:24. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Psalm 49:10. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 58:6. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalm 107:43. Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Psalm 146:8. The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Proverbs 1:5. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:6. To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 3:35. The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 6:6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 9:8. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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.
Proverbs 9:12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 10:1. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:8. The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 12:15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 12:18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 13:10. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 13:13. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:14. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 13:20. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 14:1. Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14:7. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:16. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:24. The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15:2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 15:7. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 15:12. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 15:20. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 16:14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 16:21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 16:23. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 17:24. Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:15. The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 19:20. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 20:1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 20:26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Proverbs 21:11. When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs 21:20. There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs 21:22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Proverbs 22:17. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Proverbs 23:15. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 23:19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs 23:24. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs 24:5. A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Proverbs 24:7. Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:23. These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Proverbs 30:24. There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Ecclesiastes 2:14. The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 2:16. For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:13. Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 6:8. For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 7:4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:7. Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:19. Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
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.
Ecclesiastes 8:5. Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:17. Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Ecclesiastes 9:1. For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:17. The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 10:2. A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10:12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 12:9. And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Ecclesiastes 12:11. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:17. For they shall see the end of the wise man, and it shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Now what wisdom is, and what was her origin, I will declare: and I will not hide from you the mysteries of God, but will seek her out from the beginning of her birth, and bring the knowledge of her to light, and will not pass over the truth:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:15. And God hath given to me to speak as I would, and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that are given me: because he is the guide of wisdom, and the director of the wise:
Sirach 1:8. There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion.
Sirach 3:29. A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.
Sirach 6:33. My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.
Sirach 6:34. If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.
Sirach 7:19. Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.
Sirach 8:8. Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.
Sirach 9:14. Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
Sirach 9:17. Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
Sirach 10:1. A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
Sirach 10:25. The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor.
Sirach 18:27. A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the days of sins will beware of sloth.
Sirach 20:5. There is one that holdeth his peace, that is found wise: and there is another that is hateful, that is bold in speech.
Sirach 20:7. A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no time.
Sirach 20:13. A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
Sirach 20:27. A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.
Sirach 20:29. A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.
Sirach 21:13. The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.
Sirach 21:15. But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.
Sirach 21:26. A fool will peep through the window into the house: but he that is well taught will stand without.
Sirach 33:2. A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
Sirach 37:22. A skilful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.
Sirach 37:23. He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.
Sirach 37:24. Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.
Sirach 37:26. A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.
Sirach 44:4. And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
Isaiah 3:3. The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Isaiah 19:11. Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Isaiah 19:12. Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Isaiah 29:14. Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Isaiah 31:2. Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Jeremiah 4:22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 8:8. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Jeremiah 8:9. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 9:16. I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Jeremiah 9:22. Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
Jeremiah 51:57. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 27:8. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel 27:9. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Ezekiel 28:3. Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Daniel 1:4. Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:19. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Daniel 1:20. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Daniel 2:10. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel 2:12. For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:21. And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Daniel 2:25. 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.
Daniel 2:27. 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;
Daniel 5:11. There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Hosea 14:9. Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Obadiah 1:8. Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
