Word: understanding
in Proverbs
Found 53 verses in 30 books in Proverbs · clear
Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs 3:4
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 8:14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:16
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 10:13
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.
Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs 11:12
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs 15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 21:16
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 24:3
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 28:2
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.
Proverbs 28:11
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 28:16
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.