WISDOM
(See also Discernment; Knowledge; Understanding)
acquiring: w82 10/15 20-25; w79 1/15 26; w75 15-16; w74 114-115; w73 491-492; w72 422; g72 2/22 8; ad 655, 1663; w66 484; ms 497-498; w64 133-136, 305; w63 401; g60 6/22 3-4; w59 454-456, 685; w58 169-171; w57 406, 666-670; w41 211-219; ci 261-263
takes time: fl 163-164
youths: w82 10/15 20-25
admitting mistakes: g73 2/8 4; w72 644
being “excessively wise” (Ec 7:16): w77 469-470
Christ impaled:
“the wisdom of God”: w78 5/15 23-27
‘counting the cost’ (Lu 14:28): w79 4/15 3-5; g78 10/8 16; yy 87-88
discussion: cj 120-132; w78 12/1 23; w72 5-9; yb72 3-8; ad 1660-1664; w60 387-388; w59 684-698; w57 621-624, 657-671; w50 339-340; w41 211-219
effect of a little foolishness on one noted for: w77 669
elders: w78 12/1 16-21, 23; w75 726
examples of use: w82 10/15 20-25; w77 446-447; w64 292; w59 451-452; g59 3/8 6; w57 659-660; g57 9/22 3-4; g56 5/8 12-16; g54 1/22 26; w50 174-175; g37 4/21 477-478
“from above” (Jas 3:17): cj 127-132; w78 9/1 6-7; w78 12/1 25; w72 6-8; yb72 5; w70 209-210; qm 227; g66 3/22 28; g64 9/8 8; w59 454; w58 217; w57 380, 621; qm55 227; w53 412; w50 339-340
godly: w75 102-103
invoked by world leaders: w85 12/15 26
“hidden wisdom” (1Co 2:7): g78 7/8 27; ad 1429, 1660-1661; w59 688; w52 497; w51 374
‘instinctive wisdom’ (Pr 30:24): w78 7/15 19
“is a tree of life” (Pr 3:18): w76 582
Jehovah’s: uw 58-60; hp 34; w65 229, 302; g64 4/22 26; w62 298-299; w61 4, 422, 643-644; w60 142; g59 4/8 25-26; w58 338, 712; yw 20-22; w56 721-722; w53 389-391, 547-548, 750, 758-759; w52 489-491, 617-619; g44 7/19 17-18; w43 30; tf 28; hs34 25; w32 74-75
in dealing with mankind: g71 6/8 12-14
“the wisdom of God” (1Co 1:21): w83 2/1 21-26
listening to mother’s: g69 3/8 3-7
meaning of term: w82 10/15 22; w78 12/1 25; w72 5; yb72 3; w71 136-137; ad 1013, 1660; w70 105; g65 6/8 3; w62 323; w60 387; w58 580; w57 662; w45 280; ch 32; w32 44
miraculous gift: w71 502-504; ad 655
not always appreciated: w77 626
personified: w80 4/15 26; w78 6/1 17; w75 511-512; po 28-29; w72 105-106; ad 918; im 121; w61 105; w59 256, 697; w57 660-662; w52 127-128; rm 36-37
practical: km 4/85 8; w84 5/15 11; w81 6/1 23-24; ad 1662-1663; w60 663; g60 8/8 3-4; w59 684-698; w58 579-580
prayer for: cj 17-21; w78 7/15 27-28; lp 128
Proverbs unsurpassed for practical wisdom (quote): g59 3/8 6
references in Proverbs: w82 10/15 20-22
relationship to knowledge: w82 10/15 22
relationship to understanding: ad 1624-1625, 1660
shown in creation: w73 163-164; ad 1259; w68 204-205; g68 2/8 8; g68 3/8 3-4; g68 5/22 15; ev 116-126; g67 4/22 20-27; g66 8/22 9-11; g64 8/22 9-12; g64 10/22 20-23; w63 549-550; g63 3/22 8-12; g63 4/22 7, 23-25; g63 10/8 3-19; g63 12/22 14-15; w62 165-168, 293-296, 298-299, 421-424, 426, 447; w61 187, 643-644; g61 11/22 5-7; g61 12/8 21; pa 9, 15; w57 659-660; g57 9/22 3-4; g56 5/8 12-16; ew 35-36; w47 247
Solomon’s: w84 1/15 19; w77 4; w73 489-491; ad 1524; w62 451-452; ns 131; g61 6/22 27-28; w59 567; w58 169-171; w57 658, 664; g52 11/22 26; w46 270; g37 4/21 477-478
source of: uw 58-60; g73 8/8 4; ad 1663; w66 484; ms 497-498; w63 525-526; w62 323-324, 452; w59 685; w58 338, 346-347, 712; yw 21-22; w57 659-660; g57 9/22 3-4; g56 5/8 12-16; w52 489-491; w50 339-340; ew 35-36, 41-44
symbolic representation: w77 660; w72 102; kj 39-40; fm 17-18; w66 471, 660-661; w62 150; w60 46; w58 713; yw 22; g42 11/25 17; lt-1-30 58-59
to face trials: w78 7/15 27-28
value of: w84 9/15 7; w79 1/15 26; g78 10/8 15-16; w77 446-447; w75 15-16
worldly: cj 125-127; w78 5/15 26-27; w75 99-102; w74 210-211; w74 308; w74 611-614; w73 160; w72 128; g72 9/8 27-28; w71 702; ad 1662; g71 5/22 6-7; w68 204; w67 387; ev 131-132; w66 486, 648; g66 3/22 27-28; g66 10/8 3; ms 499; g64 4/22 9-10; w62 75-76; w61 543-544; g60 8/8 3-4; w59 454, 684-687; g59 4/8 3-4; w58 346-347; w57 621; g50 5/22 19; w30 120-122
‘let the wise one become a fool’ (1Co 3:18): w77 255
results of trusting in: w77 425-427
“the wisdom of this world” (1Co 3:19): w83 2/1 22
world’s lack of: w84 3/15 26