Concordance

“Understanding” in the Bible

260 verses contain “understanding” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 11:7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 42:23 They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
Exodus 16:29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is;…
Deuteronomy 1:13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
Deuteronomy 4:6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great…
Deuteronomy 8:3 …h neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the…
Deuteronomy 9:3 But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out…
Deuteronomy 9:6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Deuteronomy 32:21 …re not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without…
Deuteronomy 32:28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
1 Samuel 6:3 …ith a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from…
1 Samuel 28:1 … warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with…
1 Kings 3:9 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
1 Kings 7:14 … man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all…
2 Kings 18:26 …shakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the…
1 Chronicles 12:32 From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
1 Chronicles 22:12 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.
1 Chronicles 28:9 … with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He…
2 Chronicles 2:12 … 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…
Nehemiah 8:2 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.
Nehemiah 8:3 …ter Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the…
Nehemiah 8:8 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 8:12 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.
Nehemiah 10:28 …heir wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to…
Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
Job 8:10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
Job 12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Job 12:13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
Job 13:1 “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
Job 15:9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Job 17:4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Job 20:3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Job 26:14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Job 28:12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Job 28:20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
Job 28:23 But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
Job 28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Job 32:9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Job 34:10 Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Job 34:16 If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
Job 34:34 Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
Job 36:5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
Job 37:16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Job 38:36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
Job 39:17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
Job 39:26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Psalms 14:2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Psalms 32:9 Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Psalms 49:3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
Psalms 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 53:2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Psalms 73:16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
Psalms 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalms 92:6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Psalms 119:34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Psalms 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Psalms 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
Psalms 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Psalms 119:169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Psalms 139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
Proverbs 1:6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Proverbs 2:2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
Proverbs 2:3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Proverbs 3:19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Proverbs 4:1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Proverbs 9:6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 11:12 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Proverbs 15:32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Proverbs 16:16 How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Proverbs 17:27 A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
Proverbs 19:8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
Proverbs 20:5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
Proverbs 20:24 A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
Proverbs 21:16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Proverbs 23:23 Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Proverbs 24:3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 28:2 A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
Proverbs 29:19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:18 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
Isaiah 5:13 Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
Isaiah 6:9 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Isaiah 6:10 …rwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be…
Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 27:11 …ome and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no…
Isaiah 28:19 …ep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer…
Isaiah 29:16 …not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no…
Isaiah 29:24 Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
Isaiah 32:4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
Isaiah 33:19 You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Isaiah 36:11 …shakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the…
Isaiah 40:14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
Isaiah 40:28 …the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…
Isaiah 41:20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
Isaiah 42:25 …ss of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to…
Isaiah 43:10 … I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will…
Isaiah 44:18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Isaiah 48:8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
Isaiah 52:15 …r they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not…
Jeremiah 3:15 Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Jeremiah 5:15 … whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not…
Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so…
Jeremiah 9:24 But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I…
Jeremiah 10:12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Jeremiah 15:15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 23:20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
Jeremiah 30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
Jeremiah 51:15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Ezekiel 3:6 not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
Ezekiel 12:3 …ur place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious…
Ezekiel 28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.
Daniel 1:4 …sh, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the…
Daniel 1:17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

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