Proverbs 8:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

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  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
  • Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Eph 1:8 : 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Exod 31:3-6 : 3 And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork, 4 To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass; 5 In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork. 6 And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;
  • Exod 35:30-36:4 : 30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the Lord has made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he has made him full of the spirit of God, in all wisdom and knowledge and art of every sort; 32 As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass; 33 Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork. 34 And he has given to him, and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the power of training others. 35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert. 1 So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders. 2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work: 3 And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning. 4 Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
  • 1 Kgs 7:14 : 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; he was full of wisdom and knowledge and an expert worker in brass. He came to King Solomon and did all his work for him.
  • 1 Chr 28:12 : 12 And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;
  • 1 Chr 28:19 : 19 All this, said David, the design for all these things, has been made dear to me in writing by the hand of the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 13:14 : 14 And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

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  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

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  • Prov 1:2-6
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  • Prov 2:5-6
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    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

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  • Prov 3:13-14
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  • Prov 1:20-21
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  • Prov 8:18
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    18Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.

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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

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    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

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    19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

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    14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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    19The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

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    13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

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    3From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

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    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),