Wisdom

Wisdom is invoked here to describe David's response to potential allies of unknown intent — rather than naive trust or fearful rejection, he meets them honestly and leaves the verdict to God.

Wisdom is highlighted here as a distinguishing mark of five men in Zerah's line — Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara were so renowned for it that they're mentioned by reputation even in a genealogical list.

Wisdom is the specific gift David prays God will grant Solomon — notably not military strength or wealth, but the discernment and understanding needed to govern well and steward everything that's been entrusted to him.

Wisdom is invoked here to describe David's practical decision to combine small families into single administrative units — a structural flex that honored real people over tidy organizational charts.

Wisdom here represents the Greek cultural currency the Corinthians were obsessed with — the philosophical brilliance and rhetorical sophistication that Paul argues God has deliberately bypassed as the means of salvation.

Wisdom is the concept Paul is actively redefining in this section — arguing that true wisdom is God's hidden, pre-age plan, entirely unlike the intellectual status the Corinthians prized.

Wisdom is inverted here — Paul argues that what the world calls wisdom is foolishness to God, and that true wisdom begins with becoming a 'fool' by worldly standards.

Wisdom is what Paul's counsel throughout this chapter represents — not divine decree but Spirit-tested, experience-backed discernment that he invites the Corinthians to trust as they navigate their own situations.

Wisdom is named here as the engine behind Solomon's global reputation — it's not his military power or political savvy that drew the queen, but the divinely granted insight that set his reign apart.

Wisdom is invoked here as the defining gift that makes Solomon's fall so devastating — he received it directly from God, which makes his subsequent choices all the more inexplicable.

Wisdom is implicitly contrasted with Saul's oath here — Jonathan's blunt assessment that the victory could have been greater exposes the difference between spiritual-sounding rules and genuinely wise leadership.

Abigail's speech is a masterclass in wisdom here — she doesn't flatter or manipulate, but speaks truth that reframes David's entire situation and appeals to who God is making him into.

Wisdom appears here as the active, eyes-open quality that makes discernment possible — not mere skepticism, but the practiced ability to recognize what is genuinely good and true.

Wisdom appears here in the counsel of the elders, who advise Rehoboam that servant leadership — not dominance — is what secures lasting loyalty, a timeless principle the text highlights as still valid today.

Wisdom is invoked here to describe Rehoboam's pivot from reclaiming lost ground to investing in what remains — recognizing what you can't change and building well within your actual reality.

Wisdom is the quality Hiram specifically praises in Solomon — the Phoenician king recognizes that Solomon's wise and discerning character is itself evidence of God's hand on his reign.

Wisdom is identified here as the true source of Solomon's wealth and influence — the kings of the earth come bearing gifts not for his power, but for what God placed in his mind.

Wisdom is invoked here to describe the rare capacity Paul is modeling — knowing when to confront and when to restore, holding both accountability and compassion without collapsing one into the other.

Wisdom is invoked here by its absence — this royal family passed down destruction instead, a painful contrast to what healthy generational inheritance could have looked like.

Wisdom is implicitly contrasted here with mere information consumption — Paul distinguishes between endlessly acquiring spiritual content and actually being changed by truth.

Wisdom is at work in Paul's decision to circumcise Timothy — not theological compromise, but the practical discernment to remove a needless obstacle for the sake of the mission.

Wisdom is invoked here as a preview of Gamaliel's counsel — a single piece of practical reasoning that defuses the council's murderous rage and has remained a useful test ever since.

Wisdom is contrasted here with mere information — the chapter's commentary notes that a world flooded with content but starved of God's voice is exactly the famine Amos described: access to everything except what truly matters.

Wisdom is the first and primary request in Paul's prayer — the spiritual understanding needed to know God's will and walk in a manner worthy of him, not just accumulate religious knowledge.

Wisdom here is identified as something fully contained in Christ himself — Paul's point being that no outside teacher or philosophy can offer knowledge that isn't already present in him.

Wisdom is celebrated in Daniel's prayer as a divine attribute that God shares with those who ask — the very wisdom Daniel just received is evidence of this character of God.

Wisdom is invoked here as the thing Darius lacked when he signed the decree — his power had no guardrails, and now the system he built has trapped even him in a decision he regrets.

Wisdom is invoked here to reframe delegation as a strength — Moses presents the choice to distribute leadership as wise governance, not weakness, establishing a model for how God's people should organize themselves.

Wisdom is embedded in this practical accommodation — God's instruction accounts for the reality that Israel will be widely dispersed across the land, making daily travel to the central sanctuary impossible.

Wisdom is invoked to describe the roof railing command — a practical, foresight-based obligation to prevent harm before it happens, treating building safety as a moral responsibility.

Wisdom is the specific gift Joshua receives through Moses' laying on of hands — not just courage or military skill, but the God-given discernment needed to lead a nation into an unknown future.

Wisdom here is the very tool Solomon deployed to investigate all of human experience — and the irony is sharp: even this supreme resource, applied exhaustively by history's wisest man, returned the verdict that everything is smoke.

Wisdom is invoked here as the cumulative thread running through Ecclesiastes, with Solomon suggesting this chapter's practical, small-scale observations may be its most personally relevant expression.

Wisdom here is not intellectual mastery but the practical courage to act despite incomplete information — recognizing that some things are simply outside human control.

Wisdom here describes the Preacher's deliberate craft — the careful weighing and arranging of words designed not merely to inform but to prod readers into action, like a goad that stings precisely because it is true.

God's wisdom is described here as 'multi-layered,' made visible not through theological argument but through the church itself — the lived reality of unity across every human division.

Wisdom surfaces here as the purpose of the Church's existence — Paul argued in chapter 3 that the unified community of believers was meant to make God's wisdom visible to cosmic powers.

Wisdom is enacted here in Esther's decision to trust Hegai's counsel rather than rely on her own performance — she listens instead of overselling, and it becomes the turning point of her selection.

Wisdom is what Jethro's entire visit represents — not divine revelation from a burning bush, but practical, structural insight delivered by a trusted elder who saw a problem and named it clearly.

Wisdom is attributed here to Moses' willingness to stay in the wilderness rather than advance without God's presence — choosing relational proximity to God over forward progress and external blessing is framed as the truly wise posture.