Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter;

They cast lots to determine their responsibilities – oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire at a distance.

Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for the king’s sons.

So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.

Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.

I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.

Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the atonement lid that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. Thus he spoke to him.