Quotes About Understanding

O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.

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

So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.

“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the kingís eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

ëCan a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?í

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.