Words of Wisdom
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. Genesis 42:23
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Deuteronomy 32:29
And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. 1 Samuel 4:6
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 1 Samuel 26:4
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 2 Samuel 3:37
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Nehemiah 8:12
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. Nehemiah 13:7
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. Job 13:1
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Job 42:3
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Psalm 73:17
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. Psalm 81:5
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. Psalm 106:7
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Isaiah 40:21-23
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. Isaiah 44:18
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. Daniel 8:27
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:2
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. Daniel 10:1
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Daniel 12:8, 9
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Matthew 13:51
Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:12
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. Matthew 17:13
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. Matthew 26:10
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. Mark 9:32
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. Luke 2:50
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. Luke 9:45
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. Luke 18:34
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. John 8:27
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. John 10:6
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. John 12:16
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. Acts 7:25
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. Acts 23:27
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
Acts 23:34, 35
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 1:20, 21
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 1 Corinthians 14:9
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:16
