Bible verses about "intelligence" | Great

²⁴ And all the worlde resorted to Salomon, to heare his wysdome, which God had put in hys herte.

³ But I haue vnderstandyng as wel as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee, who knoweth not these thynges?

¹⁷ God gaue nowe these foure springaldes connynge and lernyng in all scripture and wysdome: but vnto Daniel specially, he gaue vnderstandynge of all visyons and dreames.

²³ And whatsoeuer ye do, do it hertely, as, though ye dyd it to the Lord, and not vnto men:

⁶ Seynge that we haue diuers gyftes accordynge to the grace that is geuen vnto vs: yf eny man haue the gyft of prophesye, let him haue it that it be agreyng vnto the fayth. ⁷ Let hym that hath an office wayte on his office. Let him that teacheth take hede to hys doctryne. ⁸ Let hym that exhorteth, geue attendaunce to his exhortacion. If eny man geue, let hym do it with synglenes. Let hym that ruleth, do it wit diligence. If eny man shewe mercy, let hym do it with cherfulnes.

¹⁶ For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lord, other who shall informe hym? But we vnderstande the mynde of Chryst.

⁷ For God hath not geuen to vs the sprete of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of sobrenes.

¹⁹ Where moch bablynge is, there must nedes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lyppes, is wyse.

¹² And the boke is geuen vnto him that is not learned, saying: Reade thou in it, and he sayth: I am not learned.

¹⁴ I haue heard speake of the, that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes, experience and vnderstandinge, and that there hath bene greate wysdome founde in the.

⁹ And thys I praye, that youre loue maye increase yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandynge, ¹⁰ that ye maye accepte the thynges that are most excellent, that ye maye be pure, and soche, as offende no man vntyll the daye of Christ: ¹¹ beynge fylled with the frute of ryghtewesnes, which cometh by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God.

⁶ For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge.

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion.

⁵ And herunto geue all diligence: in youre fayth mynyster vertue: in vertue knowledge:

¹ The prouerbes of Salomon, the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: ² to learne wisdome, & to perceaue the instruccyon, and to perceaue the wordes of vnderstondynge: & therby to receaue prudence, ³ ryghteousnes, iudgement and equite. ⁴ That the very simple myght haue wyt, and that the yonge men myght haue knowledge and true vnderstanding. ⁵ By hearing the wise man shall come by more wysedome: and he that is endewed wt vnderstanding ⁶ shal optayn wit to perceaue a parable, & the interpretacyon therof, the wordes of the wyse, & the darcke speaches of the same. ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion. ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine: & forsake not the lawe of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bringe grace vnto thy heed, and shalbe as a cheyne about thy neck. ¹⁰ My sonne, consente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs: & let vs haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them: refrayne thy fote from their waye. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euell: & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes: ¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe. ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth wtout, & putteth forth her voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before the congregacyon in the open gates, & sheweth her wordes thorow the citye, saying: ²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in youre destruccion, & mocke you, when that thinge that ye feare commeth vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your misery lyke a tempest: yee, when trouble & heuines commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon. ³³ But whoso harkneth vnto me, shall dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.