100 Bible Verses About Learning

And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying,

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.