Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSurely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John
Gospels / JohnFor my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job
WisdomAnd the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Job
WisdomOr if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
Leviticus
LawIra the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Judges
HistoryThe LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOf the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaShall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLet a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: