91 Bible Verses about Understanding (KJV)

Here are 91 Bible verses about understanding, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 18:2 KJV

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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Psalm 119:130 KJV

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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Proverbs 14:29 KJV

²⁹He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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Proverbs 2:2-5 KJV

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; ³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; ⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; ⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

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Proverbs 4:7 KJV

⁷Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

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Proverbs 17:27 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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2 Timothy 3:1-17 KJV

¹This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

⁶Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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2 Timothy 2:7 KJV

⁷Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

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Proverbs 3:13-18 KJV

¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. ¹⁴For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. ¹⁵She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. ¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and …

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James 1:5 KJV

⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Isaiah 40:28 KJV

²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Proverbs 2:6 KJV

⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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Proverbs 9:10 KJV

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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Job 28:28 KJV

²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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Proverbs 20:5 KJV

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Proverbs 12:1-28 KJV

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. ²A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. ³A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. ⁴A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in …

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James 1:2-4 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; ³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. ⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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Ephesians 1:17-18 KJV

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: ¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Philippians 4:7 KJV

⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 KJV

¹To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: ²A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; ³A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; ⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; …

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Psalm 119:34 KJV

³⁴Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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Colossians 1:9 KJV

⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

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Proverbs 3:13 KJV

¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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Philippians 4:19 KJV

¹⁹But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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1 John 5:20 KJV

²⁰And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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Psalm 111:10 KJV

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

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Ephesians 4:18 KJV

¹⁸Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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1 Corinthians 2:12 KJV

¹²Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

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Proverbs 2:11-16 KJV

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: ¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; ¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; ¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they …

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1 Peter 3:7 KJV

⁷Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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Jeremiah 9:23-24 KJV

²³Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: ²⁴But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

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Psalm 34:13 KJV

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Proverbs 1:5 KJV

⁵A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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Isaiah 55:9 KJV

⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Ephesians 1:17 KJV

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Ephesians 1:18 KJV

¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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2 Peter 3:18 KJV

¹⁸But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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Colossians 1:9-29 KJV

⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all …

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James 1:13 KJV

¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

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Colossians 2:2-3 KJV

²That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Romans 11:33 KJV

³³O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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Ecclesiastes 11:5 KJV

⁵As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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John 3:3 KJV

³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ²That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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Matthew 19:26 KJV

²⁶But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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Proverbs 4:5 KJV

⁵Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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Psalm 119:104 KJV

¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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Proverbs 16:22 KJV

²²Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Psalm 145:3 KJV

³Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

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1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 KJV

²¹Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. ²²Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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Proverbs 8:1 KJV

¹Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

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Acts 17:11 KJV

¹¹These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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Luke 24:45 KJV

⁴⁵Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

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Mark 9:35 KJV

³⁵And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

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Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

³Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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Proverbs 21:2 KJV

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

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Proverbs 16:16 KJV

¹⁶How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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Psalm 119:67 KJV

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

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Psalm 32:8 KJV

⁸I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

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2 Corinthians 10:3 KJV

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

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2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV

¹⁸While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Isaiah 45:9 KJV

⁹Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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Proverbs 19:21 KJV

²¹There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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Proverbs 1:7 KJV

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Psalm 90:4 KJV

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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Psalm 90:2 KJV

²Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Proverbs 2:9 KJV

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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Psalm 34:19 KJV

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

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James 3:17 KJV

¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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John 3:1-36 KJV

¹There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: ²The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. …

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Psalm 147:5 KJV

⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

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Isaiah 40:2 KJV

²Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

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Proverbs 15:14 KJV

¹⁴The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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Proverbs 4:2 KJV

²For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

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Proverbs 12:1 KJV

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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1 John 2:9-11 KJV

⁹He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. ¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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Proverbs 14:6 KJV

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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1 Corinthians 15:34 KJV

³⁴Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

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1 Corinthians 4:18 KJV

¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

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1 Corinthians 2:13 KJV

¹³Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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John 20:8-9 KJV

⁸Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. ⁹For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

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John 16:13 KJV

¹³Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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Proverbs 18:15 KJV

¹⁵The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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Psalm 139:4 KJV

⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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