Bible Cross References
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:12
But where can wisdom be found? Where can we learn to understand?
Proverbs 2:6
It is the LORD who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
I used my wisdom to test all of this. I was determined to be wise, but it was beyond me.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
How can anyone discover what life means? It is too deep for us, too hard to understand.
1 Corinthians 2:6-15
6
Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world---powers that are losing their power.
7
The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made.
8
None of the rulers of this world knew this wisdom. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9
However, as the scripture says, "What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him."
10
But it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God's purposes.
11
It is only our own spirit within us that knows all about us; in the same way, only God's Spirit knows all about God.
12
We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.
13
So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit.
14
Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis.
15
Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.
James 1:5
But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.