Bible Verses About Understanding

Understanding is key to building strong relationships and making wise decisions. The Bible has many verses that offer wisdom on gaining and applying understanding in our lives. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses about understanding to see how they guide us in knowing ourselves, others, and God’s will. These scriptures can help us gain insight, deepen our empathy, and grow in our spiritual journey. Let’s dive into what the Bible teaches about understanding and how it can transform our lives.

Bible Verses

Proverbs 2:6 – For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 4:7 – The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Proverbs 16:16 – How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Proverbs 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 19:8 – Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

Proverbs 28:5 – Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Psalm 119:34 – Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:73 – Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

Psalm 119:104 – Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:130 – The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Isaiah 11:2 – 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 the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 43:10 – “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

Jeremiah 9:24 – But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

Daniel 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Daniel 9:22 – He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.

Matthew 13:23 – As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Matthew 15:16 – And he said, “Are you still without understanding?

Mark 4:12 – so that ‘they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn and be forgiven.’”

Luke 1:77 – To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

Luke 24:45 – Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

John 8:43 – Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 16:13 – When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Acts 8:30-31 – So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Romans 11:33 – Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

1 Corinthians 2:14 – The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 14:15 – What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

Ephesians 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Philippians 1:9 – And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Colossians 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ,

1 John 5:20 – And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Job 28:28 – And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalm 32:8 – I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Psalm 49:3 – My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

Proverbs 9:10 – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Proverbs 14:29 – Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 21:16 – One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 – For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

Ecclesiastes 8:5 – He who keeps the command will know no evil thing; and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.

Isaiah 40:28 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Jeremiah 3:15 – “And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Daniel 2:21 – He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Matthew 13:11 – And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Luke 10:21 – In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

John 14:26 – But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Romans 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 2:10 – These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

Ephesians 3:18 – may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Colossians 1:10 – so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

These verses provide insight into understanding from a biblical perspective, highlighting the importance of wisdom, discernment, and the role of God in granting understanding.

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