Biblical Concept:
Understand
Vocabulary: Understand,
comprehend, discern, realize (and their various forms).
Outline:
The relationship between
understanding and seeking God
Divine judgment thwarts understanding
Divine enablement to understand
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(Bold and parentheses are
mine,
except as noted.)
NAS Psalm 139:2
Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from
afar.
(God’s understanding.)
NAS Job 36:5
"Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in
strength of understanding. (God’s understanding)
NAS Job 39:26
"Is it by your understanding
that
the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south? (God’s understanding)
NAS Psalm 147:5
Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. (God’s understanding)
NAS Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established
the heavens.
(God’s understanding)
NAS Isaiah 40:14
With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the
path of justice and taught Him knowledge, And informed Him of the way of understanding? (God’s understanding)
NAS Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator
of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable (rq,xe = searching). (God’s understanding)
NAS Jeremiah
10:12 It
is He
who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And
by His understanding
He
has stretched out the heavens. (God’s understanding)
NAS Jeremiah
51:15 It
is He
who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And
by His understanding
He
stretched out the heavens.
(God’s understanding)
NAS 1 Chronicles
28:9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve
Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts,
and understands
every
intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you
forsake Him, He will reject you forever. (God’s understanding)
NAS Psalm 33:15
He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works. (God’s
understanding)
NAS Job 37:5
"God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we
cannot comprehend. (God’s understanding)
The relationship between understanding
and seeking God:
NAS Psalm 14:2
The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, To see if there are
any who understand, Who seek after
God.
(The relationship between understanding and seeking God)
NAS Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand
justice,
But those who seek the LORD understand all things. (The relationship between understanding and
seeking God.)
NAS Romans 15:21
but as it is written, "THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE, AND THEY WHO
HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND." (The relationship
between understanding and seeking God.)
NAS Jeremiah 4:22
"For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children,
And they have no understanding. They are shrewd
to do evil, But to do good they do not know." (The relationship
between understanding and seeking God) (Not understanding)
NAS Mark 12:33
AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL THE
STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE ONE'S NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt
offerings and sacrifices." (The relationship between understanding and seeking
God)
NAS 1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we
might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (The relationship between
understanding and seeking God) (Understand God’s Word) (Understanding and
blessing)
NAS Psalm 53:2
God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, To see if there is anyone
who understands, Who seeks after
God.
(The
relationship between understanding and seeking God)
NAS Jeremiah 9:24
but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, "declares
the LORD.
(The
relationship between understanding and seeking God)
NAS Romans 3:11
THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE
WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
(See
3:9b “all under sin”) (The
relationship between understanding and seeking God) (Not
understanding)
NAS Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power
and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has
been made, so that they are without excuse. (The relationship between understanding
and seeking God)
(God
has provided a consciousness of Himself
through creation.)
NAS Psalm 119:27
Make me understand
the
way of Thy precepts, So I will meditate on Thy wonders. (Understand
God’s Word.)
NAS Psalm 119:100
I understand
more
than the aged, Because I have observed Thy precepts. (Understand
God’s Word.)
NAS Proverbs 1:6
To understand
a
proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. (Understand
God’s Word.)
NAS Jeremiah
42:19 The LORD has spoken to you, O remnant of
NAS Jeremiah
42:22 Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will die
by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place where you wish to go
to reside.
(Understand God’s Word.)
NAS Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning,
let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, And the righteous will
walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them. (Understanding
God’s Word.) (The
last verse of Hosea)
NAS Matthew 15:10
And after He called the multitude to Him, He said to them, "Hear, and understand. (Understand God’s Word.)
NAS Matthew 24:15
"Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), (Understand
God’s Word)
(The first parenthesis is theirs.)
NAS Mark 7:14 And
after He called the multitude to Him again, He began saying to them,
"Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: (Understand God’s Word.)
NAS Mark 13:14
"But when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should
not be (let the reader understand), then let those
who are in
NAS John 20:9 For
as yet they did not understand
the
Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. (Understand the Bible.)
NAS Acts 8:30 And
when Philip had run up, he heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said,
"Do you understand
what
you are reading?"
(Understand the Bible.) See 8:31-40
NAS 2 Corinthians
1:13 For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you
will understand
until
the end;
(Understand the Scriptures.)
NAS Ephesians
5:17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of
the Lord is.
(Understand the Scriptures.)
NAS Colossians
1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not
ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of
His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, (Understand God’s
Word) (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Psalm 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those
who do His
commandments;
His praise endures forever. (Understand
God’s Word)
NAS Psalm 119:104
From Thy precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. (Understand
God’s Word)
NAS Nehemiah 8:8
And they read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense
so that they understood
the
reading.
(Understand God’s Word)
NAS Colossians
1:6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly
bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since
the day you heard of
it and
understood
the
grace of God in truth;
(Understand God’s Word) (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 28:7
He who keeps the law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of
gluttons humiliates his father. (Understand God’s Word) (Applying
God’s Word completes the understanding of God’s Word.)
NAS Ephesians
3:18 may be able to comprehend
with
all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (Understand
God’s Word) (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Job 42:3 'Who
is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared
that which I did not understand, Things too
wonderful for me, which I did not know." (Understand before talking) (Job to God)
NAS Job 38:4
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, (Understand before talking) (God to Job)
NAS Job 38:18
"Have you understood
the
expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. (Understand before
talking) (God to Job)
NAS Proverbs
11:12 He who despises his neighbor lacks sense, But a man of understanding keeps silent. (Understand before
talking)
NAS Proverbs
17:27 He who restrains his words has knowledge, And he who has a cool spirit is
a man of understanding. (Understand before
talking)
NAS Proverbs 18:2
A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own
mind.
(Understand
before talking)
NAS Proverbs 2:3
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice
for understanding;
(Balance point)
NAS Numbers 16:30
"But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens
its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive
into Sheol, then you will understand that these men
have spurned the LORD." (Understanding the hard way) (God judged a
rebellion against Moses and Aaron by Kora and 250
other leaders,
see
16:49.)
NAS Deuteronomy
8:3 "And He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna
which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not
live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth
of the LORD.
(Understanding the hard way) (
NAS Ezekiel 12:3
"Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into
exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another
place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand though they are a
rebellious house.
(Understanding the hard way.) (See 12:1-3)
NAS Matthew 24:39
and they did not understand
until
the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man
be. (Understanding the hard way) (Noah’s time)
NAS Acts 10:34
And opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not
one to show partiality,
(Understanding the hard way) (See Peter’s visions in chapter 10.)
NAS Proverbs
14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the bosom
of fools it is made known.
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
15:21 Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
15:32 He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to
reproof acquires understanding. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
16:16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen
above silver. (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
16:22 Understanding
is
a fountain of life to him who has it, But the discipline of fools is folly. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 8:14
"Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 9:6
"Forsake your
folly
and live, And proceed in the way of understanding." (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy
One is understanding. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise
counsel,
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
13:15 Good understanding
produces
favor, But the way of the treacherous is hard. (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer (#Wl
- to turn, twist) seeks wisdom, and
finds
none,
But knowledge is easy to him who has understanding. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 3:13
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Deuteronomy
4:6 "So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of
the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation
is a wise and understanding
people.' (Understanding and blessing) (See 4:1-9)
NAS Proverbs
17:24 Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding, But the eyes of a
fool are on the ends of the earth. (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 19:8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
19:25 Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd, But reprove one who has
understanding
and
he will gain knowledge.
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 20:5
A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of understanding draws it out. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and
instruction and understanding. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 24:3
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is
established;
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 28:2
By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it
endures.
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs
28:11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding sees through him. (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Jeremiah 3:15
"Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on
knowledge and understanding. (Blessing and understanding) (Millennial)
NAS Colossians
2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and
attaining
to
all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true
knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, (Understanding
and blessing)
(The
relationship between understanding and seeking God) (Understand
God’s Word)
NAS Proverbs 8:9
"They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to
those who find knowledge.
(Understanding and blessing)
NAS Matthew 13:23
"And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who
hears the word and understands
it;
who indeed bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and
some thirty."
(Understanding and blessing) (Understand God’s Word)
NAS Nehemiah 8:12
And all the people went away to eat, to drink, to send portions and to
celebrate a great festival, because they understood the words which
had been made known to them. (Understanding and blessing)
NAS Esther 1:13
Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times-- for
it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who
knew law and justice,
(Understanding and blessing)
NAS John 17:8 for
the words which Thou gavest Me I have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth
from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send
NAS Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of
understanding,
(Understanding and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 2:5
Then you will discern
the
fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God. (Understanding
and blessing)
(The
relationship between understanding and seeking God)
NAS Proverbs 2:9
Then you will discern
righteousness
and justice And equity and
every
good course.
(Understanding and blessing)
Divine
judgment thwarts understanding:
NAS Isaiah 6:9
And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on listening, but do not
perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.'10 "Render
the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim,
Lest they see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their
hearts, And return and be healed." (Divine judgment thwarts
understanding.)
NAS Isaiah 44:18
They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has
smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they
cannot comprehend.
(Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
NAS Matthew 13:15
FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY
HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND
HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I
SHOULD HEAL THEM. ' (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
NAS Mark 4:12 in
order that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE; AND WHILE HEARING, THEY
MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND
LEST
THEY RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
NAS Luke 8:10 And
He said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of God, but to the rest it is in parables, in order that SEEING THEY
MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
NAS Luke 9:45 But
they did not understand
this
statement, and it was concealed from them so that they might not perceive it;
and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement. (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
NAS Acts 28:26
saying, 'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY, "YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL
NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL
KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; 27 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS
BECOME DULL, AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR
EYES; LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART
AND RETURN, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM."' (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
(Rejection
of Messiah = Divine discipline.)
NAS Isaiah 29:14
Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people,
wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the discernment of their
discerning men shall be concealed." (Divine judgment thwarts understanding.)
Divine enablement to understand:
NAS Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Exodus 31:3
"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge,
and in all kinds
of craftsmanship,
(Divine enablement to understand) (Bazalel tabernacle
craftsman)
NAS Exodus 35:31
"And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge
and in all craftsmanship; (Divine enablement to understand)
NAS Exodus 36:1
"Now Bezalel and Oholiab,
and every skillful person in whom the LORD has put skill and understanding to know how to
perform all the work in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in
accordance with all that the LORD has commanded." (Divine enablement to understand)
NAS 1 Chronicles
22:12 "Only the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and give you
charge over
NAS 2 Chronicles
2:12 Then Huram continued, "Blessed be the LORD,
the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a
wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a
house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. (Divine enablement to understand)
NAS 2 Chronicles
26:5 And he continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the
vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God prospered him. (Divine enablement
to understand)
(King Uzziah)
NAS Job 32:8
"But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Elihu speaking)
NAS Job 38:36
"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being, Or has given understanding to the mind? (God’s
understanding) (Divine enablement to understand) (God to Job)
NAS Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Isaiah 11:2
And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of
counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Daniel 1:4
youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in
every branch
of wisdom,
endowed with understanding, and discerning
knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king's court; and he ordered him to teach them the
literature and language of the Chaldeans. (Divine enablement to understand) (Hebrew youths
in
NAS Daniel 1:17
And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every
branch
of literature
and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and
dreams.
(Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 1:20
And as for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the
king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Hebrew youths in
NAS Daniel 2:21
"And it is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and
establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men, And knowledge to men of understanding. (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 8:16
And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called
out and said, "Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the
vision."
(Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 9:22
And he gave me
instruction
and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you
insight with understanding. (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 9:23
"At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have
come to tell you,
for
you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 9:25
"So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and
sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of
distress.
(Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understanding and blessing)
NAS Daniel 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, who
was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and one of great conflict,
but he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. (Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 10:12
Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that
you set your heart on understanding
this
and
on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in
response to your words.
(Divine
enablement to understand)
NAS Daniel 10:14
"Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will
happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to the days
yet future." (Divine
enablement
to understand)
NAS 2 Timothy 2:7
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. (Divine enablement
to understand)
NAS 1 Kings 3:9
"So give Thy servant an understanding heart to judge Thy people to discern between good and
evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Thine?" (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Solomon’s petition of God)
NAS 1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked
for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the
life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand
justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given
you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before
you, nor shall one like you arise after you. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS 1 Kings 4:29
Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of
mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Isaiah 32:4
And the mind of the hasty will discern the truth, And
the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak
clearly.
(Divine
enablement to understand-millennial)
NAS Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses
trained to discern
good
and evil.
(Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understanding and blessing)
NAS Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding, that I may
observe Thy law, And keep it with all my heart. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understand God’s Word)
NAS Psalm 119:66
Teach me good discernment
and
knowledge, For I believe in Thy commandments. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Psalm 119:73
Thy hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn
Thy commandments.
(Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understand God’s Word)
NAS Psalm 119:125
I am Thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know Thy testimonies. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understand God’s Word)
NAS Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of Thy words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understand
God’s Word) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Psalm 119:144
Thy testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. (Divine
enablement to understand)
(Understand God’s Word) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Psalm 119:169
Let my cry come before Thee, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Thy
word. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understand
God’s Word)
NAS Philippians
4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Divine enablement to understand) (Understanding
and blessing)
NAS Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the
folly of fools is deceit. (Understanding.)
NAS Isaiah 43:10
"You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom
I have chosen, In order that you may know and believe Me, And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after
NAS Isaiah 52:15
Thus He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of
Him; For what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard
they will understand. (Understanding)
NAS Jeremiah 23:20
"The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and
carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it. (Understand)
NAS Jeremiah
30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back, Until He has performed,
and until He has accomplished The intent of His heart; In the latter days you
will understand
this. (Understanding)
NAS 1 Corinthians
11:3 But I want you to understand
that
Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is
the head of Christ.
(Understand authority orientation.)
NAS 2 Corinthians
1:14 just as you also partially did understand us, that we are
your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus. (Understand
more)
NAS Ephesians 3:4
And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into
the mystery of Christ,
(Understand)
NAS Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand
that
the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made
out of things which are visible. (Scientific understanding) (Understanding)
NAS 1 Kings 7:14
He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of
NAS 1 Chronicles
27:32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe;
and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni
tutored the king's sons.
(Understand)
NAS 2 Chronicles
2:13 "And now I am sending a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi, (Understand)
NAS Nehemiah
10:28 Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers,
the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves
from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and
their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding, (Understanding)
NAS Job 34:16
"But if you
have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words. (Understand)
NAS Psalm 49:3 My
mouth will speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart will be understanding. (Understanding)
NAS Proverbs 2:2
Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; (Understand)
NAS Proverbs 2:3
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; (Understand)
NAS Proverbs 4:1
Hear, O
sons,
the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, (Understand)
NAS Proverbs 4:5
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from
the words of my mouth.
Understand)
NAS Proverbs 4:7
"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your
acquiring, get understanding. (Understand)
NAS Proverbs 5:1
My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; (Understand)
NAS Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend; (Understand)
NAS James 3:13
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior
his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. (Understanding)
NAS 1 Peter 3:7
You husbands likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a
weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow heir of
the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (Understanding)
NAS 1 Chronicles
12:32 And of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with
knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all
their kinsmen were at their command. (Understanding)
NAS Matthew 16:12
Then they understood
that
He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
(Understanding)
NAS Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood
that
He had spoken to them about John the Baptist. (Understanding)
NAS Proverbs 8:5
"O naive ones, discern
prudence;
And, O fools, discern
wisdom. (Understand)
NAS Proverbs
10:13 On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found, But a rod is for the
back of him who lacks understanding. (Understanding)
NAS Philippians 1:9 And this I pray,
that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, (Understand)
NAS 2 Timothy 3:1
But realize
this,
that in the last days difficult times will come. (Understand)
NAS Job 32:9
"The abundant in
years may
not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice. (Not understanding)
NAS Psalm 82:5
They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the
foundations of the earth are shaken. (Not understanding. Compare
Ecclesiastes 9:3.)
NAS Psalm 92:6 A
senseless man has no knowledge; Nor does a stupid man understand this: (Not
understanding)
NAS Psalm 94:8
Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones? (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs
20:24 Man's steps are ordained
by
the LORD, How then can man understand his way?
(Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs 29:7
The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern. (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs
30:18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do
not understand: (Not understanding)
NAS Isaiah 1:3
"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But
NAS Daniel 12:8
As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said,
"My lord, what will
be the
outcome of these events?" (Not understand)
NAS Micah 4:12
"But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For
He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. (Not
understanding)
NAS Matthew 13:13
"Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not
see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. (Not understanding)
NAS Matthew 13:14
"And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL
KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; (Not understanding)
NAS Matthew 13:19
"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and
snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was
sown beside the road.
(The negative relationship between fallen angels and understanding.)
NAS Matthew 15:17
"Do you not understand
that
everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? (Not
understanding)
NAS Matthew 16:9
"Do you not yet understand
or
remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took
up?
(Not understanding)
NAS Matthew 16:11
"How is it that you do not understand that I did not
speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees." (Not understanding)
NAS Mark 4:13 And
He *said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And
how will you understand
all
the parables?
(Not understanding)
NAS Mark 7:18 And
He *said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever
goes into the man from outside cannot defile him; (Not understanding)
NAS Mark 8:17 And
Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no
bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? (Not understanding)
NAS Mark 8:21 And
He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?" (Not understanding)
NAS Mark 9:32 But
they did not understand
this
statement,
and they were afraid to ask Him. (Not
understanding)
NAS Mark 12:24
Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do
not understand
the
Scriptures, or the power of God? (Not
understanding.) (Understand God’s Word.)
NAS Luke 2:50 And
they did not understand
the
statement which He had made to them.
(Not understanding)
NAS John 3:10
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of
NAS John 8:43
"Why do you not understand
what
I am saying? It
is because
you cannot hear My word. (Not understanding)
NAS John 10:6
This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things
were which He had been saying to them. (Not understanding)
NAS John 12:16
These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but
when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written
of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. (Not
understanding)
NAS John 13:7
Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you
shall understand
hereafter." (Not understanding)
NAS Acts 7:25
"And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them
deliverance through him; but they did not understand. (Not
understanding)
NAS Romans 7:15
For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not
practicing what I would
like
to do,
but
I am doing the very thing I hate. (Understanding the sin nature?) (Not
understanding)
NAS 1 Corinthians
2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for
they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually appraised. (Not
understanding) Compare
3:1-9. Compare Biblical
Concept: Spiritual Empowerment.
NAS 1 Timothy 1:7
wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they
are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions. (Religion and
not understanding)
NAS 2 Peter 3:16
as also in all his
letters,
speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the
untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of
the Scriptures, to their own destruction. (Not understanding) (Understand the
Scriptures)
NAS Jude 1:10 But
these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things
which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are
destroyed.
(Not understanding)
NAS Deuteronomy
32:28 "For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them. (Not
understanding)
NAS Job 39:17
Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding. (Not understanding)
NAS Psalm 49:20
Man in his
pomp,
yet without understanding, Is like the
beasts that perish.
(Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs 9:4
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says, (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs 9:16
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs
10:13 On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found, But a rod is for the back
of him who lacks understanding. (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs
10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding. (Not
understanding)
NAS Proverbs
21:16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the
assembly of the dead.
(Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs
21:30 There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel
against the LORD.
(Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs
28:16 A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates
unjust gain will prolong his days. (Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man. (Not
understanding)
NAS Isaiah 29:16
You turn things
around!
Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made should
say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him
who formed it, "He has no understanding"? (Not
understanding)
NAS Isaiah 56:11
And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who
have no understanding; They have all
turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one. (Not
understanding)
NAS Hosea 4:11
Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the understanding. (Not understanding)
NAS Matthew 15:16
And He said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? (Not
understanding)
NAS Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures,
or the power of God.
(Not
understanding)
NAS Mark 7:18 And
He *said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not
understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him; (Not understanding)
NAS Romans 1:31
without understanding, untrustworthy,
unloving, unmerciful;
(Not understanding)
NAS 2 Corinthians
10:12 For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who
commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves, and compare
themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. (Not understanding) See Biblical Concept: Projection.
NAS Ephesians
4:18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God,
because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their
heart;
(Not
understanding)
(The
relationship between understanding and seeking God)
NAS Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are
taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away
from evil,
(Not understanding)
NAS 1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited and
understands
nothing;
but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about
words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, (Not
understanding)
NAS Luke 18:34
And they understood
none
of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not
comprehend the things that were said. (Not understanding)
NAS 1 Corinthians
2:8 the
wisdom which
none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would
not have crucified the Lord of glory; (Not understanding)
NAS Proverbs 14:7
Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of
knowledge.
(Not understanding)
NAS Matthew 16:3
"And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red
and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of
the sky, but cannot discern
the
signs of the times?
(Not understanding)
NAS Luke 18:34
And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them,
and they did not comprehend
the
things that were said.
(Not understanding)
NAS John 1:5 And
the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. (Not
understanding)
NAS John 8:27
They did not realize
that
He had been speaking to them about the Father. (Not understanding)
NAS John 13:7
Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you
shall understand hereafter." (Not understanding)
Miscellaneous:
NAS Isaiah 19:12
Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the LORD of
hosts Has purposed against
NAS Isaiah 28:19
"As often as it passes through, it will seize you. For morning after
morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or
night. And it will be sheer terror to understand what it
means."
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Jeremiah 9:12
Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the
mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined,
laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? (Miscellaneous)
NAS Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who
can understand
it? (Understanding
the sin nature?) (Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 2:30
"But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom
residing in me more than in any other living man, but
for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you
may understand
the
thoughts of your mind.
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 5:23
but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought
the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and
your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the
gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see,
hear or understand. But the God in
whose hand are your life-breath and your ways, you have not glorified. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 8:15
And it came about when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and behold,
standing before me was one who looked like a man. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 8:17
So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and
fell on my face; but he said to me, "Son of man, understand that the vision
pertains to the time of the end." (Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 10:11
And he said to me, "O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I
am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you."
And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Daniel 10:20
Then he said, "Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return
to fight against the prince of
NAS Daniel 12:10
"Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act
wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who
have insight will understand. (Miscellaneous)
NAS John 10:38
but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may
know and understand
that
the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Job 34:10
"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from
God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice? (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
10:23 Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool; And so is wisdom to a man
of understanding. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
14:29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is
quick-tempered exalts folly. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
17:10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred
blows into a fool.
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Psalm 90:11
Who understands
the
power of Thine anger, And Thy fury, according to the
fear that is due Thee?
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
29:19 A slave will not be instructed by words alone; For though he understands, there will be no
response.
(Miscellaneous)
NAS 1 Corinthians
14:2 For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God; for no
one understands, but in his spirit he speaks
mysteries.
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Psalm 19:12
Who can discern
his
errors?
Acquit me of hidden faults. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
16:21 The wise in heart will be called discerning, And sweetness of
speech increases persuasiveness. (Miscellaneous)
NAS Psalm 2:10
Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. (Miscellaneous)
NAS 2 Corinthians
13:6 But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves
do not fail the test.
(Miscellaneous)
NAS Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full
assurance of hope until the end, (Miscellaneous)
NAS Proverbs
13:19 Desire realized
is
sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. (Miscellaneous)