Bible Verses About Understanding

Proverbs 3:5-75 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. Related Topics: Anxiety Faith New Year Work Worry
Colossians 1:9-129 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, Related Topics: Frustration Graduation Hard Work Knowledge Wisdom
2 Timothy 2:77 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
Deuteronomy 32:28-2928 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them. 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Matthew 13:13-1513 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive; 15 for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’ Related Topics: Breakups The Heart
Ephesians 5:1717 Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
1 Chronicles 22:1212 May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
1 Kings 4:2929 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
Deuteronomy 4:5-65 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Acts 28:25-2725 When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26 saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive. 27 For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’ Related Topics: Listening The Heart
1 John 5:2020 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. Related Topics: Eternal Life Forgiving Yourself Knowing God Truth
Ephesians 4:17-2417 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts. 19 They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you didn’t learn Christ that way, 21 if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. Related Topics: Change Lust New Year Self Control Sin
Mark 4:11-1211 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables, 12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’” Related Topics: Non Believers
Psalm 119:104104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Related Topics: Hate Hatred
Proverbs 11:1212 One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. Related Topics: Discernment The Power of Words The Tongue
Proverbs 17:2727 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. Related Topics: Anger
Luke 8:1010 He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Jeremiah 4:2222 “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.” Related Topics: Fools
Proverbs 9:1010 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Related Topics: Education Fear Fear and Worry Graduation Learning
Proverbs 12:1111 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding. Related Topics: Gambling Hard Work Laziness Work Working Hard
Proverbs 13:1515 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Proverbs 8:1414 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
Psalm 32:99 Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Proverbs 24:30-3130 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Proverbs 2:66 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Related Topics: Education
Job 28:2828 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’” Related Topics: Fear of the Lord Knowledge Wisdom
Luke 24:4545 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. Related Topics: God's Word The Bible
Revelation 13:1818 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
Proverbs 18:1-21 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. 2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. Related Topics: Arguing Communication Discernment Listening Selfishness
Job 8:8-108 “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.) 10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
Philippians 1:9-109 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ, Related Topics: Knowledge
John 4:32-3332 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” 33 The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Job 34:10-1110 “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Ephesians 3:14-1914 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Related Topics: God's Love Love Motivation Prayer The Holy Spirit
Acts 8:30-3130 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Daniel 2:2121 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. Related Topics: Discernment Time
John 8:43-4543 Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me. Related Topics: Fathers Honesty Nature Sin Spiritual Warfare
Proverbs 4:11 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
Isaiah 11:22 Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. Related Topics: Knowing God
Isaiah 43:1010 “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
Jeremiah 9:2424 But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh. Related Topics: Kindness
Isaiah 40:2828 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Related Topics: God's Beautiful Creation God's Creation God's Wisdom
Mark 12:30-3430 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he; 33 and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that. Related Topics: Graduation Kids Self Worth Selfishness The Heart
Philippians 4:77 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Related Topics: God Provides God's Provision
Mark 7:18-2318 He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, 19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?” 20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man.” Related Topics: Adultery Lust Pride Sin The Heart
Matthew 13:2323 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
James 3:1313 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
Hebrews 11:33 By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. Related Topics: God's Creation The Power of Words
Romans 1:18-2118 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse. 21 Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. Related Topics: Accountability Being Thankful Strength Thanksgiving Truth
John 12:4040 “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
Romans 15:2121 But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
Ephesians 1:16-2316 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 20 which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Related Topics: Angels Hope The Church Trusting God Wisdom
Psalm 119:3434 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
Psalm 119:130130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. Related Topics: God's Word Scripture The Bible
Job 38:3636 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
Job 32:88 But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Job 17:44 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
Psalm 147:55 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. Related Topics: God's Character God's Wisdom

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