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“By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”
-Proverbs 24:3-4

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!”
-Proverbs 16:16

“He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.”
-Proverbs 19:8

“A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.”
-Proverbs 19:11

“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.”
-Daniel 2:20-22

“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
-Reinhold Niebuhr

“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.”
-Proverbs 3:13-18

“Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.”
-Proverbs 8:10-11

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
-Proverbs 9:10

“Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.”
-Proverbs 23:4-5

“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.”
-Proverbs 21:30

“For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.”
-Ecclesiastes 1:18

“Whatever wisdom may be, it is far off and most profound- who can discover it? So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.”
-Ecclesiastes 7:24-24

“To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.”
-Saint Augustine

“Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?”
-1 Corinthians 1:20

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.”
-James 3:17-18

“If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.”
-Proverbs 9:12

“I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.”
-Ecclesiastes 2:13-14

“A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.”
-Proverbs 10:23

“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
-Proverbs 11:2

“Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.”
-Proverbs 23:9

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
-Saint Augustine

“Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.”
-Thomas Aquinas