Would you like to be numbered among the wise? A wise person:

• Fears the Lord (Job 28:28; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 9:10; 15:33)
• Hears the testimony of the Lord (Ps. 19:7)
• Is taught by God to number his days (Ps. 90:12)
• Hears and increases learning (Prov. 1:5)
• Gains wisdom from the Lord (Prov. 2:6)
• Considers the way of the ant (Prov. 6:6-8)
• Hears instruction (Prov. 8:33)
• Gathers in summer (Prov. 10:5)
• Receives commands (Prov. 10:8)
• Stores up knowledge (Prov. 10:14)
• Restrains his lips (Prov. 10:19)
• Is a man of understanding (Prov. 10:23; 14:33; 17:24)
• Is righteous (Prov. 10:31)
• Is humble (Prov. 11:2)
• Wins souls (Prov. 11:30)
• Heeds counsel (Prov. 12:15; Prov. 19:20)
• Heeds his father’s instruction (Prov. 13:1)
• Is well-advised (Prov. 13:10)
• Walks with wise men (Prov. 13:20)
• Builds her house (Prov. 14:1)
• Understands his way (Prov. 14:8)
• Fears and departs from evil (Prov. 14:16)
• Uses knowledge rightly (Prov. 15:2)
• Disperses knowledge (Prov. 15:7)
• Has an ear that hears the rebukes of life (Prov. 15:31)
• Teaches his heart and adds learning to his lips (Prov. 16:23)
• Seeks knowledge (Prov. 18:15)
• Loves his own soul (Prov. 19:8)
• Is not led astray by wine and strong drink (Prov. 20:1)
• Does not show partiality in judgment (Prov. 24:23)
• Holds back his feelings (Prov. 29:11)
• Was given the rod and rebuke (Prov. 29:15)
• Seeks and searches out wisdom (Eccl. 1:13)
• Has his eyes in his head (Eccl. 2:14)
• Is good in God’s sight (Eccl. 2:26
• Has his heart in the house of mourning (Eccl. 7:4)
• Discerns both time and judgment (Eccl. 8:5)
• Speaks gracious words (Eccl. 10:12)
• Hears Jesus and obeys, building on the rock (Matt. 7:24)
• Does the will of his master (Matt. 24:45-46; Lk. 12:42-43)
• Is prepared for the Lord’s coming (Matt. 25:1-13)
• Knows what is good (Rom. 16:19)
• Becomes a fool in regard to worldly wisdom (1 Cor. 3:18-19)
• Flees from idolatry (1 Cor. 10:14-15)
• Walks circumspectly (Eph. 5:15)
• Finds knowledge in the Father and Christ (Col. 2:2-3)
• Lets the word of Christ dwell in them richly (Col. 3:16)
• Redeems the time (Col. 4:5)
• Knows the Holy Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:15)
• Asks God for wisdom (Jas. 1:5)
• Shows good conduct (Jas. 3:13)
• Is meek (Jas. 3:13)
• Is pure (Jas. 3:15)
• Is peaceable (Jas. 3:15)
• Is gentle (Jas. 3:15)
• Is willing to yield (Jas. 3:15)
• Is full of mercy (Jas. 3:15)
• Is full of good fruits (Jas. 3:15)
• Is without partiality (Jas. 3:15)
• Is without hypocrisy (Jas. 3:15)

David Eldridge