Bible Cross References
wisdom
Ecclesiastes 10:15
Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.
Ecclesiastes 9:15-17
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Someone lived there who was poor, but so clever that he could have saved the town. But no one thought about him.
16
I have always said that wisdom is better than strength, but no one thinks of the poor as wise or pays any attention to what they say.
17
It is better to listen to the quiet words of someone wise than to the shouts of a ruler at a council of fools.
Genesis 41:33-39
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"Now you should choose some man with wisdom and insight and put him in charge of the country.
34
You must also appoint other officials and take a fifth of the crops during the seven years of plenty.
35
Order them to collect all the food during the good years that are coming, and give them authority to store up grain in the cities and guard it.
36
The food will be a reserve supply for the country during the seven years of famine which are going to come on Egypt. In this way the people will not starve."
37
The king and his officials approved this plan,
38
and he said to them, "We will never find a better man than Joseph, a man who has God's spirit in him."
39
The king said to Joseph, "God has shown you all this, so it is obvious that you have greater wisdom and insight than anyone else.
Exodus 18:19-23
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Now let me give you some good advice, and God will be with you. It is right for you to represent the people before God and bring their disputes to him.
20
You should teach them God's commands and explain to them how they should live and what they should do.
21
But in addition, you should choose some capable men and appoint them as leaders of the people: leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. They must be God-fearing men who can be trusted and who cannot be bribed.
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Let them serve as judges for the people on a permanent basis. They can bring all the difficult cases to you, but they themselves can decide all the smaller disputes. That will make it easier for you, as they share your burden.
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If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out, and all these people can go home with their disputes settled."
1 Kings 3:9
So give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice and to know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?"
1 Chronicles 12:32
(SEE 12:23)
2 Chronicles 23:4-11
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This is what we will do. When the priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, one third of them will guard the Temple gates,
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another third will guard the royal palace, and the rest will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. All the people will assemble in the Temple courtyard.
6
No one is to enter the Temple buildings except the priests and the Levites who are on duty. They may enter, because they are consecrated, but the rest of the people must obey the LORD's instructions and stay outside.
7
The Levites are to stand guard around the king, with their swords drawn, and are to stay with the king wherever he goes. Anyone who tries to enter the Temple is to be killed."
8
The Levites and the people of Judah carried out Jehoiada's instructions. The men were not dismissed when they went off duty on the Sabbath, so the commanders had available both those coming on duty and those going off.
9
Jehoiada gave the officers the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and had been kept in the Temple.
10
He stationed the men with drawn swords all around the front of the Temple, to protect the king.
11
Then Jehoiada led Joash out, placed the crown on his head, and gave him a copy of the laws governing kingship. And so he was made king. Jehoiada the priest and his sons anointed Joash, and everyone shouted, "Long live the king!"
Matthew 10:16
"Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.
Acts 6:1-9
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Some time later, as the number of disciples kept growing, there was a quarrel between the Greek-speaking Jews and the native Jews. The Greek-speaking Jews claimed that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of funds.
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So the twelve apostles called the whole group of believers together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the preaching of God's word in order to handle finances.
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So then, friends, choose seven men among you who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this matter.
4
We ourselves, then, will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."
5
The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a Gentile from Antioch who had earlier been converted to Judaism.
6
The group presented them to the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.
7
And so the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.
8
Stephen, a man richly blessed by God and full of power, performed great miracles and wonders among the people.
9
But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), which had Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. They and other Jews from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started arguing with Stephen.
Acts 15:2-21
2
Paul and Barnabas got into a fierce argument with them about this, so it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others in Antioch should go to Jerusalem and see the apostles and elders about this matter.
3
They were sent on their way by the church; and as they went through Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported how the Gentiles had turned to God; this news brought great joy to all the believers.
4
When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, to whom they told all that God had done through them.
5
But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses."
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The apostles and the elders met together to consider this question.
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After a long debate Peter stood up and said, "My friends, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles, so that they could hear and believe.
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And God, who knows the thoughts of everyone, showed his approval of the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he had to us.
9
He made no difference between us and them; he forgave their sins because they believed.
10
So then, why do you now want to put God to the test by laying a load on the backs of the believers which neither our ancestors nor we ourselves were able to carry?
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No! We believe and are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
12
The whole group was silent as they heard Barnabas and Paul report all the miracles and wonders that God had performed through them among the Gentiles.
13
When they had finished speaking, James spoke up: "Listen to me, my friends!
14
Simon has just explained how God first showed his care for the Gentiles by taking from among them a people to belong to him.
15
The words of the prophets agree completely with this. As the scripture says,
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'After this I will return, says the Lord, and restore the kingdom of David. I will rebuild its ruins and make it strong again.
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And so all the rest of the human race will come to me, all the Gentiles whom I have called to be my own.
18
So says the Lord, who made this known long ago.'
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"It is my opinion," James went on, "that we should not trouble the Gentiles who are turning to God.
20
Instead, we should write a letter telling them not to eat any food that is ritually unclean because it has been offered to idols; to keep themselves from sexual immorality; and not to eat any animal that has been strangled, or any blood.
21
For the Law of Moses has been read for a very long time in the synagogues every Sabbath, and his words are preached in every town."
Romans 16:19
Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel, and for this reason I am happy about you. I want you to be wise about what is good, but innocent in what is evil.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.
Ephesians 5:15-17
15
So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people.
16
Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days.
17
Don't be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord wants you to do.
Colossians 4:5
Be wise in the way you act toward those who are not believers, making good use of every opportunity you have.
James 1:5
But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.