Quotes About Wisdom

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.

Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.