Job 28:20

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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.

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

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

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”

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

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.

“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.

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.

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

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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

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 changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

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

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

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

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.”

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

But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

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

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

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

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.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

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?

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

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

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,

Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

“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.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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.

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

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

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 answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me.

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.”

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

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

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.

so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

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

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

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

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!

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.