Deuteronomy 1:13

1:13 Select wise and practical ¹  men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort ²  the words of the righteous. ³ 

Deuteronomy 32:6

32:6 Is this how you repay ⁴  the Lord,

you foolish, unwise people?

Is he not your father, your creator?

He has made you and established you.

Deuteronomy 1:15

1:15 So I chose ⁵  as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

Deuteronomy 4:6

4:6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding ⁶  to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise ⁷  people.”

¹ tn The Hebrew verb נְבֹנִים (nÿvonim, from בִּין [bin]) is a Niphal referring to skill or intelligence (see T. Fretheim, NIDOTTE 1:652-53).

² tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

³ tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

³ tn Or “treat” (TEV).

⁴ tn Or “selected”; Heb “took.”

⁵ tn Heb “it is wisdom and understanding.”

⁶ tn Heb “wise and understanding.”