Bible verses about "knowledge" | Thomson

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive the dictate which I enjoin and hide it with thee, ² thine ear will hearken to wisdom; and thou wilt apply thy heart to understanding, and transmit it for instruction to thy son. ³ For if thou wilt call upon wisdom: and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ if thou wilt seek for it as silver; and search for it as for treasures; ⁵ then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord; and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding: ⁷ and he treasureth up salvation for the upright. He will protect their going, ⁸ that they may keep the paths of rectitude. And he will guard the way of them who reverence him. ⁹ Then thou shalt understand judgment and justice; and direct all thy wheels right. ¹⁰ For when wisdom entereth into thine understanding: and knowledge appeareth pleasant to thy soul: ¹¹ good counsel will keep thee, and holy prudence will guard thee: ¹² that she may deliver thee from an evil way and from a man who speaketh perversely. ¹³ Alas for them who leave straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ who are delighted with evils and have joy in evil perversion; ¹⁵ whose ways are crooked, and whose paths turn aside to lead thee far from the straight road ¹⁶ and estrange thee from a just determination. ¹⁷ My son, let not evil counsel, who hath forsaken the discipline of youth and hath forgotten the divine covenant, take hold of thee. ¹⁸ For she hath placed her house near death; and her wheels with the earth born near the mansion of the dead. ¹⁹ None who walk by her direction can ever return; nor ever recover the right paths. ²⁰ For they are not taken hold of by years of life. If they indeed had walked in good ways: they would have found the paths of justice smooth. ²¹ Because the upright shall inhabit the land; and the holy shall be left in it; ²² the ways of the wicked shall be destroyed from the land; and the transgressors shall be driven out of it.

⁶⁶ Teach me kindness and discipline and knowledge; because I have believed thy commandments.

⁶ my people is like one that hath not knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, therefore I will reject thee from being my priest: as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children.

⁸ For to one is given, by the spirit, a word of wisdom; and to another, a word of knowledge according to the same spirit;

¹⁴ An upright heart seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the uninstructed will taste evils.

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace. ³ Let not acts of kindness and faithfulness forsake thee: but bind them about thy neck ⁴ and thou shalt find favour. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of the Lord and of men. ⁵ Trust in God with thy whole heart; and be not elated for thine own wisdom. ⁶ Shew it in all thy ways, that it may make thy paths straight. ⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God and depart from all evil: ⁸ then shall thy body have health and thy bones a cure. ⁹ Honour the Lord with some of thy righteous labours: and set apart for him some of thy fruits of righteousness: ¹⁰ that thy barns may be plenteously filled with corn; and that thy vats may overflow with wine. ¹¹ My son, slight not the correction of the Lord; nor faint when reproved by him: ¹² for whom the Lord loveth he reproveth: and chastiseth every son whom he receiveth. ¹³ Happy the man, who hath found wisdom: and the mortal who hath seen prudence: ¹⁴ for it is better to traffick for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value. ¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord. ¹⁹ By wisdom God founded the earth; and by understanding he furnished the heavens. ²⁰ By knowledge the deeps were broken up and the clouds distilled dew. ²¹ My son, be not wanting in retention: but keep my counsel, namely, the sentiment: ²² that thy soul may live and that grace may be around thy neck: and it will be health to thy flesh and a cure for thy bones; ²³ that thou mayst proceed on in all thy ways in peace and security; and that thy foot may not stumble. ²⁴ For when thou liest down, thou shalt be free from fear: and when thou sleepest, thou shalt sleep sweetly; ²⁵ and shalt not fear the bursting in of terror; nor the sudden assaults of wicked men. ²⁶ For the Lord will be over all thy ways, and will support thy foot that thou mayst not be shaken. ²⁷ Delay not to do good to the needy, when it is in the power of thy hand to help. ²⁸ Do not say, Go away and come again: tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it in thy power to do good: for thou knowest not what to-morrow will bring forth. ²⁹ Devise not evils against thy friend; who sojourneth with thee and confideth in thee. ³⁰ Be not at enmity with a man without cause; lest he do thee some mischief. ³¹ Acquire not the reproaches of bad men, nor be fond of their ways. ³² For every transgressor is impure in the sight of the Lord; and among the righteous he taketh not a seat. ³³ The curse of God is in the houses of the wicked: but the folds of the righteous are blessed. ³⁴ The Lord resisteth the proud; but he granteth favour to the humble. ³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the wicked have extolled dishonour.

¹ He who loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he who hateth reproofs is a fool.

⁵ Better is a wise man than one who is strong: and the man who hath understanding, than he who hath a large cultivated field.

¹⁰ Receive instruction in preference to silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold.

⁶ my people is like one that hath not knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, therefore I will reject thee from being my priest: as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children. ⁷ In proportion to their increase they sinned against me; I will turn their glory into shame.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And all who practise this have good understanding. And piety towards God is the beginning of discernment: but the wicked despise wisdom and instruction.

¹⁰ For when wisdom entereth into thine understanding: and knowledge appeareth pleasant to thy soul:

¹⁵ The heart of a prudent man getteth knowledge; and the ears of the wise seek understanding.