Bible verses about "intelligence" | Bishops

²⁴ And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart

³ But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges

¹⁷ As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge and vnderstanding in all learning & wysdome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames

⁶ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth ⁷ Either office in administration, or he that teacheth in teachyng ⁸ Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse

¹⁶ For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde, that he myght instruct hym? But we haue the mynde of Christe

²³ And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men

⁷ For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde

¹⁹ Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse

¹² And the booke is geuen to him that is not learned, saying, Reade thou in it: and he saith, I am not learned

¹⁴ I haue hearde of thee, that thou hast the spirite of the holy gods, & that light and vnderstanding, and excellent wysdome is founde in thee

⁹ And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng ¹⁰ That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe ¹¹ Beyng fylled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which [are] by Iesus Christ, vnto the glorie and prayse of God

⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction

⁵ And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁵ The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles ⁶ To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother ⁹ For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke ¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them ¹¹ If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause ¹² Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit ¹³ So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes ¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood ¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes ¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes ²¹ She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying ²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge ²³ O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes ²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions ³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them ³³ But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll