Lexicon :: Strong's H995 - bîn

“So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.

“Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

“Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’

Remember the days of old;

consider the years of past generations.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will teach you.

He found him in a desolate land,

in a barren, howling wilderness;

he surrounded him, cared for him,

and protected him as the pupil of his eye.

If only they were wise, they would comprehend this;

they would understand their fate.

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the boy.

One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

When David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, he guessed that the baby was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the baby dead? ”

“He is dead,” they replied.

“So give your servant a receptive heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours? ”

So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life[fn] or riches for yourself, or the death[fn] of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to administer justice,

“When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. That morning, when I looked closely at him I realized that he was not the son I gave birth to.”

Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful.

They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the LORD.

David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of understanding and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended[fn] the king’s sons.

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.

He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear[fn] of God. During the time that he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel the holy things of the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders, now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

I gathered them at the river[fn] that flows to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites there.

On the first day of the seventh month, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.

Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, who were Levites,[fn] explained the law to the people as they stood in their places.

Then all the people began to eat and drink, send portions, and have a great celebration, because they had understood the words that were explained to them.

The rest of the people ​— ​the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God ​— ​

so I could return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

Teach me, and I will be silent.

Help me understand what I did wrong.

Is there injustice on my tongue

or can my palate not taste disaster?

If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him;

if he went by, I wouldn’t recognize him.

Surely he knows which people are worthless.

If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?

Look, my eyes have seen all this;

my ears have heard and understood it.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

What do you know that we don’t?

What do you understand that is not clear to us?

How long until you stop talking?

Show some sense, and then we can talk.

I would learn how[fn] he would answer me;

and understand what he would say to me.

If I go east, he is not there,

and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.

Therefore I am terrified in his presence;

when I consider this, I am afraid of him.

These are but the fringes of his ways;

how faint is the word we hear of him!

Who can understand his mighty thunder?

But God understands the way to wisdom,

and he knows its location.

I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;

when I stand up, you merely look at me.

I have made a covenant with my eyes.

How then could I look at a young woman?[fn]

But it is the spirit in a person—

the breath from the Almighty—

that gives anyone understanding.