Wisdom Verses

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise {men} turn away wrath. {bring...: or, set a city on fire}

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

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

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.

Seest thou a man {that is} hasty in his words? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him. {words: or, matters?}

Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. {have: Heb. know}

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

There be four {things which are} little upon the earth, but they {are} exceeding wise: {exceeding...: Heb. wise, made wise}

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, {lay} thine hand upon thy mouth.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue {is} the law of kindness.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all {things} that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}