20 Bible Verses About Wisdom

The Bible says wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord and comes from God to those who ask. Proverbs 9:10 and Job 28:28 make the first point and James 1:5 the second, and much of Proverbs applies wisdom to speech, temper and taking advice. The New Testament sets God’s wisdom against the world’s. Paul calls the message of the cross foolishness to those who are perishing and calls Christ “the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18-25), and James describes…