Quotes About Understanding

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”

Then the LORD opened the donkeyís mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.

You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”

Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ëWho will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?í