Isaiah 40:14

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

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

But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.

“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against Yahweh.

who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;

“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.