Wisdom of God

God’s wisdom described

Isaiah 28:29 KJV 1900

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, Which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

See also 1 Sa 2:3; Ro 16:27

God’s wisdom is beyond measure

Psalm 147:5 KJV 1900

Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite.

See also Is 44:7; Je 10:7; Ro 11:33

God’s wisdom is profound

Isaiah 40:28 KJV 1900

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.

See also Job 9:4; Job 28:12–24; Ps 92:5; Ec 8:17

God’s wisdom is superior to human wisdom

Isaiah 55:9 KJV 1900

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.

See also Job 21:22

God’s wisdom exhibited

God’s wisdom in creation

Jeremiah 10:12 KJV 1900

He hath made the earth by his power, He hath established the world by his wisdom, And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

See also Job 28:25–27; Job 37:14–16; Ps 104:24; Ps 136:5; Pr 3:19–20; Is 40:12–14

God’s wisdom as an agent in creation

Pr 8:22–31 Wisdom here is given personality, and may refer to the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ.

God’s wisdom in historical events

Isaiah 31:2 KJV 1900

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, And will not call back his words: But will arise against the house of the evildoers, And against the help of them that work iniquity.

See also Job 12:13–25; Da 2:20–22

God’s wisdom in knowing the human mind

1 Chronicles 28:9 KJV 1900

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

See also Ps 139:2; Ps 139:4; Ps 139:6

Jesus Christ the wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV 1900

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

See also Is 9:6; Is 11:2; 1 Co 1:24; Col 2:2–3

God’s wisdom in the gospel

1 Corinthians 1:25 KJV 1900

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

See also 1 Co 1:18–21; Eph 3:10

God gives his wisdom to human beings

Ephesians 1:17 KJV 1900

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

See also 2 Ch 1:11–12; Ezr 7:25; Pr 2:6; Ec 12:11; Da 2:23; 1 Co 2:6–16; Jas 1:5

Examples of God’s wisdom

1 Sa 16:7; 1 Ki 3:28; Is 28:24–29; Lk 11:49