Bible Verses About Wisdom & Discernment

If any of you is short of wisdom, ask God, who gives to everyone with an open hand and without scolding, and it will be given to you.

Solid food, on the other hand, belongs to the mature, whose faculties have been trained by practice to tell good from evil.

How blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has come by understanding,

Without wise direction a nation falls, but with many advisers comes victory.

People plot their course in their minds, but it is the LORD who guides their steps.

I will give you insight and show you the road you are to take; I will advise you and keep my eye on you.

Do not let this present age press you into its mold, but be changed through and through as your mind is made new. Then you will be able to test and recognize the will of God: what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Knowledge begins with the fear of the LORD, but fools treat wisdom and discipline with contempt.

But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure. It also makes for peace; it is gentle and willing to yield; it is full of mercy and of good fruits; it plays no favorites, and it is free of pretense.

This is where wisdom starts: get wisdom. Spend all you have, if you must, to get understanding.

Trust the LORD with your whole heart, and do not rely on your own insight.

Test everything; keep hold of what is good;

Live wisely with those outside the church, making the most of every opportunity.