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Chronicles-1 26:14

And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

Chronicles-1 27:32

Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons:

Chronicles-2 2:12

Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

Esther 1:13

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:

Esther 6:13

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Job 5:13

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Job 9:4

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?

Job 11:12

For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt.

Job 15:2

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Job 15:18

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:

Job 17:10

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Job 32:9

Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Job 34:2

Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Job 34:34

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Job 37:24

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.

Psalms 2:10

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Psalms 19:7

The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.

Psalms 36:3

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Psalms 49:10

For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalms 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

Psalms 107:43

Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

Proverbs 1:5

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

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 8:33

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 9:8

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:9

Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9:12

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 13:20

He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 14:35

The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

Proverbs 15:12

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 15:24

The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 17:10

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

Proverbs 18:15

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

Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Proverbs 21:11

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Proverbs 21:20

[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 22:17

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 23:15

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Proverbs 24:6

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Proverbs 24:23

These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 25:12

[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.

Proverbs 28:11

The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

Proverbs 29:9

[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

Proverbs 30:24

There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea farther; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

Ecclesiastes 9:1

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.

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