Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

Every skilled person among you is to come and make all that the Lord has commanded:

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

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,

“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,