Deuteronomy 4:6

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forever more.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, Yahweh’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more.

Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

“Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.

You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.

Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king Nebuchadnezzar your father, yes, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the middle of the nations, and countries are around her.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”

People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

(for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house;

May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.

Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, Yahweh’s assembly, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?

For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, “Obey my voice.”

In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.

“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.

“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.