Quotes About Wisdom

It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.