“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
“From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ “God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel? Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
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