What Makes a Person Wise?

James 3:17 NKJV

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

The Word of God Makes us Wise

Wisdom is the Goal

Proverbs 4:7 NKJV

Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

1 Corinthians 8:1 NKJV

Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

God’s Word Makes us Smarter Than Our Enemies

Psalm 119:97 NKJV

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 119:98 NKJV

You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.

Wisdom Gives Us More Understanding Than Our Teachers

Psalm 119:99 NKJV

I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.

Wisdom Does Not Always Come With Age But Always Comes From God’s Word

Psalm 119:100 NKJV

I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts.

Job 32:7 NKJV

I said, ‘Age should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Job 32:8 NKJV

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.