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Deuteronomy 4:6   Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.   Deuteronomy 28:49   The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;   Deuteronomy 32:28   For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.   1 Kings 4:29   And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.   1 Kings 7:14   He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.   2 Kings 18:26   Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.   1 Chronicles 22:12   Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.   1 Chronicles 28:19   All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.   2 Chronicles 2:13   And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,   Nehemiah 8:3   And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.   Nehemiah 8:7   Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.   Nehemiah 8:8   So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.   Nehemiah 8:13   And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.   Nehemiah 10:28   And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;   Job 6:24   Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.   Job 12:3   But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?   Job 12:12   With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.   Job 12:13   With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.   Job 12:20   He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.   Job 15:9   What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?   Job 17:4   For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.   Job 20:3   I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.   Job 23:5   I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.   Job 28:12   But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?   Job 28:20   Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?   Job 28:23   God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.   Job 28:28   And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.   Job 32:8   But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.   Job 32:9   Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.   Job 34:10   Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.   Job 34:16   If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.   Job 34:34   Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.   Job 36:29   Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?   Job 38:4   Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.   Job 38:36   Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?   Job 39:17   Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.   Psalms 14:2   The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.   Psalms 49:3   My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.   Psalms 53:2   God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.   Psalms 82:5   They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.   Psalms 92:6   A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.   Psalms 94:8   Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?   Psalms 111:10   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.   Psalms 119:27   Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.   Psalms 119:34   Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.   Psalms 119:73   JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.   Psalms 119:99   I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.   Psalms 119:100   I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.   Psalms 119:104   Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.   Psalms 119:125   I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.   Psalms 119:130   The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.   Psalms 119:144   The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.   Psalms 119:169   TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.   Psalms 139:2   Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.   Psalms 147:5   Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.   Proverbs 1:2   To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;   Proverbs 1:5   A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:   Proverbs 1:6   To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.   Proverbs 2:2   So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;   Proverbs 2:3   Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;   Proverbs 2:5   Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.   Proverbs 2:6   For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.   Proverbs 2:9   Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.   Proverbs 2:11   Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:   Proverbs 3:4   So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.   Proverbs 3:5   Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.   Proverbs 3:13   Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.   Proverbs 3:19   The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.   Proverbs 4:1   Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.   Proverbs 4:5   Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.   Proverbs 4:7   Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.   Proverbs 5:1   My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:   Proverbs 6:32   But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.   Proverbs 7:4   Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:   Proverbs 7:7   And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,   Proverbs 8:5   O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.   Proverbs 8:9   They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.   Proverbs 9:4   Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Proverbs 9:10   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.   Proverbs 9:16   Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Proverbs 10:13   In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.   Proverbs 10:23   It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.   Proverbs 11:12   He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.   Proverbs 12:11   He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.   Proverbs 13:15   Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.   Proverbs 14:6   A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.   Proverbs 14:8   The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.   Proverbs 14:29   He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.   Proverbs 14:33   Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.   Proverbs 15:14   The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.   Proverbs 15:21   Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.   Proverbs 15:32   He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.   Proverbs 16:16   How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!   Proverbs 16:22   Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.   Proverbs 17:18   A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.   Proverbs 17:24   Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.   Proverbs 17:27   He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.   Proverbs 17:28   Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.   Proverbs 19:8   He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.   Proverbs 19:25   Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.   Proverbs 20:5   Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.   Proverbs 20:24   Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?   Proverbs 21:30   There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.   Proverbs 24:3   Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:   Proverbs 24:30   I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;   Proverbs 28:2   For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.   Proverbs 28:11   The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.   Proverbs 28:16   The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.   Proverbs 30:2   Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.   Isaiah 6:9   And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.   Isaiah 6:10   Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.   Isaiah 11:3   And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:   Isaiah 27:11   When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.   Isaiah 28:9   Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.   Isaiah 28:19   From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.   Isaiah 29:16   Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?   Isaiah 29:24   They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.   Isaiah 33:19   Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.      Isaiah 40:14   With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?   Isaiah 40:28   Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.   Isaiah 41:20   That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.   Isaiah 44:19   And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?   Isaiah 56:11   Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.   Jeremiah 3:15   And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.   Jeremiah 4:22   For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.   Jeremiah 5:15   Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.   Jeremiah 5:21   Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:   Jeremiah 9:12   Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?   Jeremiah 9:24   But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.   Ezekiel 3:6   Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.   Ezekiel 28:4   With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:   Daniel 1:4   Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.   Daniel 1:17   As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.   Daniel 2:21   And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:   Daniel 4:34   And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:   Daniel 5:11   There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;   Daniel 5:12   Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.   Daniel 8:17   So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.   Daniel 8:23   And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.   Daniel 9:13   As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.   Daniel 9:22   And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.   Daniel 9:25   Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.   Daniel 10:1   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 10:11   And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.   Daniel 10:14   Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.   Daniel 12:10   Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.   Hosea 4:14   I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.   Hosea 13:2   And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.   Hosea 14:9   Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.   Obadiah 1:7   All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.   Obadiah 1:8   Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?   Micah 4:12   But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.   Matthew 13:13   Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.   Matthew 13:14   And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:   Matthew 13:15   For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.   Matthew 13:19   When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.   Matthew 13:23   But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.   Matthew 15:10   And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:   Matthew 15:16   And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?   Matthew 15:17   Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?   Matthew 16:11   How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?   Matthew 24:15   When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)   Mark 4:12   That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.   Mark 7:14   And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:   Mark 7:18   And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;   Mark 8:17   And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?   Mark 12:33   And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.   Mark 13:14   But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:   Mark 14:68   But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.   Luke 1:3   It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,   Luke 2:47   And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.   Luke 8:10   And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.   Luke 24:45   Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,   John 8:43   Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.   John 12:40   He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.   Acts 8:30   And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?   Acts 24:11   Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.   Acts 28:26   Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:   Acts 28:27   For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.   Romans 3:11   There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.   Romans 15:21   But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.   1 Corinthians 1:19   For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.   1 Corinthians 12:3   Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.   1 Corinthians 13:2   And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.   1 Corinthians 14:2   For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.   1 Corinthians 14:14   For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.   1 Corinthians 14:15   What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.   1 Corinthians 14:16   Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?   1 Corinthians 14:19   Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.   Ephesians 1:18   The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,   Ephesians 3:4   Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)   Ephesians 4:18   Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:   Ephesians 5:17   Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.   Philippians 1:12   But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;   Philippians 4:7   And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   Colossians 1:9   For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;   Colossians 2:2   That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;   1 Timothy 1:7   Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.   2 Timothy 2:7   Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.   1 John 5:20   And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. dread locks ?? proverbs 16.31  hoary head is a crown of glory a message from the book of mormon 2 nephi 29 3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible. 4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?