Deuteronomy 4:6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
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1 Kings 4:34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 19:8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
Proverbs 1:5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41
Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →