Quotes About Understanding

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

until I entered Godís sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.