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156 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “understanding” →
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
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.
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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.
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
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.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
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.
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD , God made him to prosper.
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them .
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD : give me understanding according to thy word.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD .
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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.
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD ;
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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.
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD , the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
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.
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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.
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:
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
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;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
And he informed me , and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
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?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is .
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
