Wisdom and knowledge are distinguished throughout Scripture, since knowledge alone does not guarantee wise application. This page gathers verified verses on wisdom and knowledge together.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 37:30
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms 139:6
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:4
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs 3:19
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Proverbs 3:20
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 3:21
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 40:14
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah 40:28
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalms 19:2
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 32:5
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 32:9
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalms 51:3
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 51:6
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 31:26
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Romans 10:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Peter 1:2
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11:31
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse in Bible Verses About Wisdom and Knowledge is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About Wisdom and Knowledge were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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Wisdom and knowledge are connected but distinct in Scripture — knowledge informs, but wisdom applies it well.