KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:6
Complete exact-word concordance
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.
1611 marginal noteOr, an eloquent speach.
¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
¶ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the LORD, and depart from euill.
1611 marginal noteRom. 12.16
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles.
1611 marginal noteHebr. exalteth the fooles.
¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.
1611 marginal noteMat.7.16.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Giue instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a iust man, and he will increase in learning.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.
THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
¶ The Prouerbes of Solomon: A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is the heauinesse of his mother.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.20.
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