Occurrences
Bîynâh occurs 38 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (9), Proverbs (14), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1), Daniel (4)
- Deuteronomy 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding (וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם) in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 — And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding (בִינָה֙) of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
- 1 Chronicles 22:12 — Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding (וּבִינָ֔ה), and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 — Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding (וּבִינָ֔ה), that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 — And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding (בִּינָ֖ה), of Huram my father’s,
- Job 20:3 — I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding (מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י) causeth me to answer.
- Job 28:12 — But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding (בִּינָֽה)?
- Job 28:20 — Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding (בִּינָֽה)?
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding (בִּינָֽה).
- Job 34:16 — If now thou hast understanding (בִּ֥ינָה), hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
- Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding (בִינָֽה).
- Job 38:36 — Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding (בִינָֽה) to the heart?
- Job 39:17 — Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding (בַּבִּינָֽה).
- Job 39:26 — Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom (הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ), and stretch her wings toward the south?
- Proverbs 1:2 — To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding (בִינָֽה);
- Proverbs 2:3 — Yea, if thou criest after knowledge (לַבִּינָ֣ה), and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
- Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding (בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗).
- Proverbs 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding (בִּינָֽה).
- Proverbs 4:5 — Get wisdom, get understanding (בִינָ֑ה): forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 4:7 — Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding (בִינָֽה).
- Proverbs 7:4 — Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding (לַבִּינָ֥ה) thy kinswoman:
- Proverbs 8:14 — Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding (בִ֝ינָ֗ה); I have strength.
- Proverbs 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding (בִּינָֽה).
- Proverbs 9:10 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding (בִּינָֽה).
- Proverbs 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding (בִּ֝ינָ֗ה) rather to be chosen than silver!
- Proverbs 23:4 — Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom (מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥).
- Proverbs 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding (וּבִינָֽה).
- Proverbs 30:2 — Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding (בִינַ֖ת) of a man.
- Isaiah 11:2 — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding (וּבִינָ֗ה), the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
- Isaiah 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding (בִּינוֹת֙): therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- Isaiah 29:14 — Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding (וּבִינַ֥ת) of their prudent men shall be hid.
- Isaiah 29:24 — They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding (בִּינָ֑ה), and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
- Isaiah 33:19 — Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand (בִּינָֽה).
- Jeremiah 23:20 — The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly (בִּינָֽה).
- Daniel 1:20 — And in all matters of wisdom and understanding (בִּינָ֔ה), that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
- Daniel 8:15 — And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning (בִינָ֔ה), then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
- Daniel 9:22 — And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding (בִינָֽה).
- Daniel 10:1 — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding (וּבִ֥ינָה) of the vision.