Psalms 119:125

“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.

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.

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

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

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

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

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

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.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

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.

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.

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

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?”

“ ‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

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.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

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.

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

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

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

I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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.

“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.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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.

receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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?”

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.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.

Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

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

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

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.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

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

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

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

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

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

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

But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.

Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

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.