Synonyms for Wisdom: intelligence, insight, sagacity, discernment, sageness, understanding, penetration, perception, sense, discretion, foresight, perceptiveness, and astuteness

Job 12:13 (KJV)
With him (GOD) is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Job 26:3 (KJV)
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Job 28:15-19 (KJV)
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Psalms 37:30 (KJV)
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalms 49:3 (KJV)
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Psalms 51:6 (KJV)
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Psalms 90:12 (KJV)
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalms 104:24 – KJV
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Psalms 111:10 (KJV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:5 (KJV)
To him (GOD) that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:5 (KJV)
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:7 (KJV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:20-22 (KJV)
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21. She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 2:2 (KJV)
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:7 (KJV)
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:6 (KJV)
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:10 (KJV)
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 3:13 (KJV)
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Proverbs 3:19 (KJV)
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:21 (KJV)
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 4:5 (KJV)
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7 (KJV)
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:11 (KJV)
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Proverbs 5:1 (KJV)
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 7:4 (KJV)
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Proverbs 8:1 (KJV)
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Proverbs 8:5 (KJV)
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 8:11 (KJV)
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:12 (KJV)
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Proverbs 8:14 (KJV)
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 9:1 (KJV)
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Proverbs 9:10 (KJV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Proverbs 10:13 (KJV)
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 10:21 (KJV)
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:23 (KJV)
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 10:31 (KJV)
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Proverbs 11:2 (KJV)
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:12 (KJV)
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Proverbs 12:8 (KJV)
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 13:10 (KJV)
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 14:6 (KJV)
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 14:8 (KJV)
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 14:33 (KJV)
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Proverbs 15:21 (KJV)
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 15:33 (KJV)
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Proverbs 16:16 (KJV)
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 17:16 (KJV)
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Proverbs 17:24 (KJV)
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:1 (KJV)
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Proverbs 18:4 (KJV)
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

Proverbs 19:8 (KJV)
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 21:30 (KJV)
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Proverbs 23:4 (KJV)
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:9 (KJV)
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:23 (KJV)
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 24:3 (KJV)
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Proverbs 24:7 (KJV)
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:14 (KJV)
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Proverbs 29:3 (KJV)
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Proverbs 29:15 (KJV)
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 30:3 (KJV)
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Proverbs 31:26 (KJV)
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Ecclesiastes 7:11 (KJV)
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 (KJV)
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 (KJV)
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (KJV)
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 9:18 (KJV)
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Isaiah 11:2 (KJV)
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Jeremiah 10:12 (KJV)
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Romans 11:33 (KJV)
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJV)
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (KJV)
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:6-7 (KJV)
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

1 Corinthians 3:19 (KJV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

2 Corinthians 1:12 (KJV)
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Ephesians 1:7-8 (KJV)
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8. Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

Ephesians 1:17 (KJV)
That 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:

Ephesians 3:10 (KJV)
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Colossians 1:28 (KJV)
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Colossians 3:16 (KJV)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 4:5 (KJV)
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

James 1:5 (KJV)
If 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.

James 3:13-15 (KJV)
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

James 3:17 (KJV)
But 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.

Revelation 5:12 (KJV)
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Revelation 7:12 (KJV)
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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