Quotes About Wisdom

we must expose ourselves to the Bible, immerse ourselves in its words and its teachings, and then pray for the Spirit to render it effective in our lives.

Christ, that is, the unchangeable excellence of God and his everlasting wisdom, which every rational soul does indeed consult.

It would be wise for Christians to invest their time, energy, and money in pursuit of theological knowledge.

A spiritually productive person understands and persists in the biblical truths that he learns from Scripture.

No one can cheat him; no one can outsmart him. Rhetoric has no effect on him; false compassion cannot confuse him. He is one who searches hearts and minds, and he knows your infidelity.

Scripture exceeds what men could produce without divine inspiration, but it is not beyond the ability of men to understand.

No one is wise, and no one has true knowledge without first having the fear of the Lord.

It is not clever to be an atheist; it is not clever to rebel against God; it is not clever to mock those who devote themselves to Christian theology; rather, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Know that there is good, and that there is evil. These two are not the same, and God does not want us to confuse them. He wants us to be able to tell the difference between the two, and to be wise and possess deep insights concerning goodness, but he does not want us to be skillful regarding how to devise and accomplish evil. For such to occur, we must be knowledgeable with the word of God.

but we were given this wisdom because God chose us to become Christians, to be rescued from sin and hellfire through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Knowing this, there is no room for arrogance, but we are grateful to God for our salvation, and we labor so that others may be saved as well.

The Bible is aware that there are those who deny God, and it says that they are stupid people. The non-Christian is a fool.

The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalm 14:1). The

the Christian should not think like the non-Christian, in order to avoid becoming a stupid person.

God has made a point of preventing non-Christians from knowing him through their own wisdom.

You must confess your sins, and return to God through Jesus Christ. Then, you can approach him in unwavering faith, and ask him to grant you his wisdom and to teach you his ways. This is the only hope for you, and the only hope for mankind.

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James 4:13-15)

I know that I will win every time because my approach to apologetics depends wholly on biblical revelation. This confidence is not based on any unique intellectual endowment that I think I possess, but it is based on the superiority of God's wisdom as revealed in Scripture, which is available to, and in principle affirmed by, every Christian.

Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. (2 Timothy 2:16)

The Bible leaves no room for anti-intellectualism, and offers no excuse for withholding agreement or obedience.

Even the least of the Christians are better off than the non-Christians. Sinners are too foolish to realize this.

the holy Scriptures…are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 3:15).

They ridicule us for taking orders from a book that was written thousands of years ago, as if truth changes with time.

the ideal human government is not democracy, but divine dictatorship – that is, to have Jesus Christ as the king of all. Dictatorship is in principle the most efficient form of government, but its success depends on the worth, ability, and character of the dictator. Only Jesus Christ deserves this level of exaltation, and only he can wield such power justly and wisely.

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him" (Proverbs 15:26).