Psalms 90:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.”
What this verse means
Psalm 90:12 asks God to teach us to number our days — to live with honest awareness that life is short — so that we gain a heart of wisdom that spends time on what lasts.
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BSBPD
“So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 90:12 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Psalms 39:4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
- Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Proverbs 2:2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
- Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
- Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
- Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Luke 12:35Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Ephesians 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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