Lexicon :: Strong's H1847 - daʿaṯ

The LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

“but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

“I have filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft

“He has filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every kind of craft

the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God

and has knowledge from the Most High,

who sees a vision from the Almighty,

who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

“so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

“And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.

This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

“even though you know that I am not wicked

and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?

Everything you know, I also know;

I am not inferior to you.

Does a wise man answer with empty[fn] counsel

or fill himself[fn] with the hot east wind?

Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone!

We don’t want to know your ways.

Can anyone teach God knowledge,

since he judges the exalted ones?[fn]

My words come from my upright heart,

and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

“Job speaks without knowledge;

his words are without insight.”

Job opens his mouth in vain

and multiplies words without knowledge.

But if they do not listen,

they will cross the river of death[fn]

and die without knowledge.

Who is this who obscures my counsel

with ignorant words?

You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance? ”

Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,

things too wondrous for me to[fn] know.

Day after day they pour out speech;

night after night they communicate knowledge.[fn]

The one who instructs nations,

the one who teaches mankind knowledge —

does he not discipline?

Teach me good judgment and discernment,

for I rely on your commands.

This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.

It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,[fn]

knowledge and discretion to a young man —

The fear of the LORD

is the beginning of knowledge;

fools despise wisdom and discipline.

“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?

How long will you mockers enjoy mocking

and you fools hate knowledge?

“Because they hated knowledge,

didn’t choose to fear the LORD,

then you will understand the fear of the LORD

and discover the knowledge of God.

For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will delight you.

By his knowledge the watery depths broke open,

and the clouds dripped with dew.

so that you may maintain discretion

and your lips safeguard knowledge.

“All of them are clear to the perceptive,

and right to those who discover knowledge.

“I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdness

and have knowledge and discretion.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The wise store up knowledge,

but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,

but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but one who hates correction is stupid.

A shrewd person conceals knowledge,

but a foolish heart publicizes stupidity.

Every sensible person acts knowledgeably,

but a fool displays his stupidity.

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,

but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

The inexperienced inherit foolishness,

but the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,

but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,

but not so the heart of fools.

A discerning mind seeks knowledge,

but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.