Here are 15 Bible verses about wise men from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Colossians 2:3 KJV
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
1 Corinthians 1:25 KJV
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Daniel 2:14 KJV
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Matthew 2:1 KJV
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
Esther 1:13-14 KJV
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Genesis 41:8 KJV
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment: And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Proverbs 29:11 KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Daniel 1:20 KJV
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Exodus 7:11 KJV
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Psalms 36:9 KJV
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Isaiah 19:12 KJV
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Proverbs 21:20 KJV
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Proverbs 1:5 KJV
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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