Quotes about Insight
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
— Ecclesiastes 7:27
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
— Ecclesiastes 8:1
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
— Ecclesiastes 9:13
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
— Ecclesiastes 10:2
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
— Ecclesiastes 12:9
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
— Isaiah 5:21
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
— Isaiah 6:9
Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
— Isaiah 19:12
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
— Isaiah 32:3
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
— Isaiah 40:21
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
— Isaiah 42:18
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
— Isaiah 42:20