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Want to know what the Bible says about Seeking Wisdom? Here are 102 Bible verses about Seeking Wisdom from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 13:10 NIV
Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
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1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
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Proverbs 4:5 NIV
Get wisdom, get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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Matthew 5:22 NIV
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
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Proverbs 11:2 NIV
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but with humility comes wisdom.
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Psalm 90:12 NIV
Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Proverbs 12:15 NIV
The way of fools seems right to them,
    but the wise listen to advice.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 NIV
So I turned my mind to understand,
    to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
    and the madness of folly.
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Psalm 111:10 NIV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
    all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
    To him belongs eternal praise.
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Matthew 7:24 NIV
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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Proverbs 19:8 NIV
The one who gets wisdom loves life;
    the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
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Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV
15 Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
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Proverbs 15:12 NIV
Mockers resent correction,
    so they avoid the wise.
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John 14:6 NIV
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Proverbs 4:6-7 NIV
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
    love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
    Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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Proverbs 29:11 NIV
Fools give full vent to their rage,
    but the wise bring calm in the end.
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1 Timothy 2:4 NIV
who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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1 Corinthians 1:25 NIV
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
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Proverbs 8:22-23 NIV
22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
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