Lexicon :: Strong's G5428 - phronēsis

When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites.

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

All Israel heard about the judgment the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom was in him to carry out justice.

God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

When the queen of Sheba observed all of Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and about your wisdom is true.

“How happy are your men.[fn] How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.

The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and his wisdom, are written in the Book of Solomon’s Events.

He traps the wise in their craftiness

so that the plans of the deceptive

are quickly brought to an end.

You have closed their minds to understanding,

therefore you will not honor them.

For learning wisdom and discipline;

for understanding insightful sayings;

Happy is a man who finds wisdom

and who acquires understanding,

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom

and established the heavens by understanding.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your relative.

Doesn’t wisdom call out?

Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?

“I possess good advice and sound wisdom;[fn]

I have understanding and strength.

“Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;

pursue the way of understanding.

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool,

so wisdom is for a person of understanding.

A patient person shows great understanding,

but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

Get wisdom —

how much better it is than gold!

And get understanding —

it is preferable to silver.

The one who acquires good sense[fn] loves himself;

one who safeguards understanding finds success.

A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[fn]

and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[fn]

I am more stupid than any other person,[fn]

and I lack a human’s ability to understand.

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the whole earth.

He never becomes faint or weary;

there is no limit to his understanding.

No one comes to his senses;[fn]

no one has the perception or insight to say,

“I burned half of it in the fire,

I also baked bread on its coals,

I roasted meat and ate.

Should I make something detestable with the rest of it?

Should I bow down to a block of wood? ”

He made the earth by his power,

established the world by his wisdom,

and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.

He changes the times and seasons;

he removes kings and establishes kings.

He gives wisdom to the wise

and knowledge to those

who have understanding.

“did this because Daniel, the one the king named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and intelligence, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems.[fn] Therefore, summon Daniel, and he will give the interpretation.”