~ Some Verses Related to Heavenly
Wisdom ~
Theme Passage
~ “But
of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who
became for us wisdom from God — and righteousness and sanctification and
redemption — that, as it is written, ‘He
who glories, let him glory in the Lord’”
(1 Corinthians 1:30-31).
Key Passage
~ “Who
is wise and understanding among you? Let
him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of
wisdom. … But the
wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to
yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in
peace by those who make peace” (James 3:13, 17-18).
Additional Passages
~ “A
wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will
attain wise counsel … The
fear of the Lord is the beginning
of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs
1:5-7).
“Wisdom
calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the
city She speaks her words: ‘How long, you simple ones, will you love
simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my
spirit on you” (Proverbs 1:20-23).
My
son, if you receive my words, and
treasure my commands within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and
apply your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if
you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord
gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; He guards the paths of justice, and
preserves the way of His saints. Then
you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. When
wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion
will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way
of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the
paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness … So
you may walk in the way of goodness, and keep to the paths of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land, and
the blameless will remain in it; but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it” (Proverbs 2:1-13, 20-22; read
verses1-22 for more clarification).
Happy is the man who finds
wisdom, and
the man who gains understanding; for her
proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the
things you may desire cannot compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand, in her
left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths are peace. She is a tree
of life to those who take hold of her, and happy are all who retain her. … My
son, let them not depart from your eyes — keep
sound wisdom and discretion; so they will be life to your soul and grace to
your neck. Then you will walk safely in
your way, and your foot will not stumble. … For
the Lord will be your confidence,
and will keep your foot from being caught” (Proverbs 3:13-18, 21-23, 26; read
3:13-26 for more complete context).
“Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the
firmament,
and those who
turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the
time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase” (Daniel
12:3-4).
“And he said, ‘Go your way,
Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and
refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand”
(Daniel 12:9-10).
“Thus says the Lord: ‘Let not the wise man glory
in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might,
nor let the
rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory
in this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the
Lord, exercising lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
For in
these I delight,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah
9:23-24).
“These things we also
speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual. But the natural man does
not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him;
nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he
who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?’ But we have the mind of Christ” (1
Corinthians 2:13-16).
“Let no one deceive
himself. If anyone among you seems to be
wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in
their own craftiness’; and again, ‘The Lord
knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile’” (1 Corinthians
3:18-20)
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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