Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Understand’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Understand’ occurs 237 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 24:14 Therefore, the girl to whom I will say, ‘Tip your pitcher, so that I may drink,’ and she will respond, ‘Drink. In fact, I will give your camels a drink also,’ the same one is she whom you have prepared for your servant Isaac. And by this, I will understand that you have shown mercy to my lord.”Genesis 24:14
Genesis 31:50 If you afflict my daughters, and if you bring in other wives over them, no one is a witness of our words except God, who understands beforehand.”Genesis 31:50
Number of the word / term Understand in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,Exodus 31:3
Exodus 35:31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, and all teaching,Exodus 35:31
Number of the word / term Understand in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 4:14 and afterwards shall understand their sin: they shall offer a calf on behalf of their sin, and they shall lead it to the door of the tabernacle.Leviticus 4:14
Leviticus 4:23 and afterwards he shall understand his sin: he shall offer an immaculate he-goat from among the goats, as a sacrifice to the Lord.Leviticus 4:23
Leviticus 5:4 The soul who swears and offers from his own lips that he would do either evil or good, and who will have bound the same with an oath and with his own words, and, having forgotten it, afterwards understands his transgression,Leviticus 5:4
Leviticus 5:17 If a soul will have sinned through ignorance, and will have done one of those things which the law of the Lord prohibits, and, being guilty of sin, understands his iniquity,Leviticus 5:17
Number of the word / term Understand in Leviticus: 4
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 4:6 And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: ‘Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.’Deuteronomy 4:6
Deuteronomy 28:49 The Lord will lead over you a nation from far away, even from the furthest parts of the earth, like an eagle flying with great force, whose language you are not able to understand:Deuteronomy 28:49
Deuteronomy 29:4 But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart, and seeing eyes, and ears that are able to hear, even to this present day.Deuteronomy 29:4
Deuteronomy 29:9 Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.Deuteronomy 29:9
Deuteronomy 32:29 I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.’Deuteronomy 32:29
Number of the word / term Understand in Deuteronomy: 5
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 1:7 Therefore, be strengthened and be very steadfast, so that you may observe and accomplish the entire law, which Moses, my servant, instructed to you. You may not turn aside from it to the right, nor to the left. So may you understand all that you should do.Joshua 1:7
Joshua 1:8 The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.Joshua 1:8
Joshua 22:22 “The Lord, the almighty God, the Lord, the almighty God, he knows, and also Israel will understand: If we have constructed this altar with intent of transgression, let him not preserve us, but instead punish us immediately.Joshua 22:22
Number of the word / term Understand in Joshua: 3
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 20:39 And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.1 Samuel 20:39
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 14:20 Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:20
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:3 And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.1 Kings 2:3
1 Kings 3:12 behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.1 Kings 3:12
1 Kings 7:14 the son of a widowed woman, from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artisan in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in order to form every work of brass. And when he had gone to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.1 Kings 7:14
1 Kings 8:38 or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,1 Kings 8:38
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh: “We beseech you, that you may speak to us, your servants, in Syriac. For we understand that language to some extent. And do not speak to us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”2 Kings 18:26
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 19:10 And so Joab, understanding the war to be set facing him and behind his back, chose the strongest men from all of Israel, and he went out against the Syrians.1 Chronicles 19:10
1 Chronicles 22:12 Also, may the Lord give you prudence and understanding, so that you may be able to rule Israel and to guard the law of the Lord your God.1 Chronicles 22:12
1 Chronicles 28:9 And as for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts, and understands the thoughts of all minds. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will cast you aside for eternity.1 Chronicles 28:9
1 Chronicles 28:19 “All these things,” he said, “came to me written by the hand of the Lord, so that I would understand all the works of the pattern.”1 Chronicles 28:19
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 1:10 Give to me wisdom and understanding, so that I may enter and depart before your people. For who is able worthily to judge this, your people, who are so great?”2 Chronicles 1:10
2 Chronicles 30:22 And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites, who had a good understanding concerning the Lord. And they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 30:22
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 8:2 Therefore, Ezra the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those who were able to understand, on the first day of the seventh month.Nehemiah 8:2
Nehemiah 8:8 And they read from the book of the law of God, distinctly and plainly, so as to be understood. And when it was read, they did understand.Nehemiah 8:8
Nehemiah 10:29 All who were able to understand, pledged on behalf of their brothers, with their nobles, and they came forward to promise and to swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he had given to the hand of Moses, the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies,Nehemiah 10:29
Number of the word / term Understand in Nehemiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Esther
Esther 4:11 “All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king’s inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?”Esther 4:11
Number of the word / term Understand in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Job
Job 4:20 From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down, and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.Job 4:20
Job 9:4 He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?Job 9:4
Job 9:11 If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.Job 9:11
Job 11:6 so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.Job 11:6
Job 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.Job 12:13
Job 14:21 Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.Job 14:21
Job 15:9 What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?Job 15:9
Job 18:2 How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.Job 18:2
Job 19:6 At least now you should understand that God has not afflicted me with a balanced judgment, though he has encompassed me with his scourges.Job 19:6
Job 20:3 The teaching you use to admonish me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.Job 20:3
Job 21:19 God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.Job 21:19
Job 21:29 Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things:Job 21:29
Job 23:5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.Job 23:5
Job 23:8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.Job 23:8
Job 28:23 God understands its way, and he knows its location.Job 28:23
Job 28:28 And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”Job 28:28
Job 32:8 But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.Job 32:8
Job 32:9 The wise are not the aged, nor do the elders understand judgment.Job 32:9
Job 34:16 Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.Job 34:16
Job 34:27 They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,Job 34:27
Job 34:34 Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.Job 34:34
Job 38:4 Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.Job 38:4
Job 38:20 In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house.Job 38:20
Job 39:17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.Job 39:17
Number of the word / term Understand in Job: 24
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 2:10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.Psalm 2:10
Psalm 5:1 Unto the end. For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David. O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.Psalm 5:1
Psalm 16:7 I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.Psalm 16:7
Psalm 19:12 Who can understand transgression? From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord,Psalm 19:12
Psalm 32:1 The understanding of David himself. Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.Psalm 32:1
Psalm 32:8 I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you.Psalm 32:8
Psalm 32:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you.Psalm 32:9
Psalm 33:15 He has formed the hearts of each one of them; he understands all their works.Psalm 33:15
Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He is unwilling to understand, so that he may act well.Psalm 36:3
Psalm 41:1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.Psalm 41:1
Psalm 42:1 Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah. As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.Psalm 42:1
Psalm 44:1 Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.Psalm 44:1
Psalm 45:1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved. My heart has uttered a good word. I speak of my works to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a scribe who writes quickly.Psalm 45:1
Psalm 49:12 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.Psalm 49:12
Psalm 49:20 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.Psalm 49:20
Psalm 52:1 Unto the end. The understanding of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, David went to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you glory in malice, you who are powerful in iniquity?Psalm 52:1
Psalm 54:1 Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David, when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, “Has not David been hidden with us?” Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue.Psalm 54:1
Psalm 55:1 Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.Psalm 55:1
Psalm 73:17 until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.Psalm 73:17
Psalm 74:1 The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?Psalm 74:1
Psalm 74:5 as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,Psalm 74:5
Psalm 78:1 The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.Psalm 78:1
Psalm 78:72 And he fed them with the innocence of his heart. And he led them with the understanding of his hands.Psalm 78:72
Psalm 82:5 They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.Psalm 82:5
Psalm 88:1 A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Unto the end. For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord, God of my salvation: I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.Psalm 88:1
Psalm 89:1 The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.Psalm 89:1
Psalm 92:6 A foolish man will not know these things, and a senseless one will not understand:Psalm 92:6
Psalm 94:7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”Psalm 94:7
Psalm 101:2 And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.Psalm 101:2
Psalm 106:7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.Psalm 106:7
Psalm 107:43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?Psalm 107:43
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding is for all who do it. His praise remains from age to age.Psalm 111:10
Psalm 119:34 Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.Psalm 119:34
Psalm 119:73 IOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.Psalm 119:73
Psalm 119:104 I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.Psalm 119:104
Psalm 119:125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.Psalm 119:125
Psalm 119:130 The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.Psalm 119:130
Psalm 119:144 Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.Psalm 119:144
Psalm 119:169 TAU. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.Psalm 119:169
Psalm 136:5 He made the heavens with understanding, for his mercy is eternal.Psalm 136:5
Psalm 142:1 The understanding of David. A prayer, when he was in the cave. With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.Psalm 142:1
Number of the word / term Understand in Psalm: 41
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 1:3 to understand words of prudence, and to accept the instruction of doctrine, justice and judgment, and equity,Proverbs 1:3
Proverbs 1:4 so as to give discernment to little ones, knowledge and understanding to adolescents.Proverbs 1:4
Proverbs 2:5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God.Proverbs 2:5
Proverbs 2:9 Then you shall understand justice and judgment, and equity, and every good path.Proverbs 2:9
Proverbs 8:5 O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.Proverbs 8:5
Proverbs 8:9 They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.Proverbs 8:9
Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.Proverbs 14:8
Proverbs 17:8 The expectation of those who stand ready is a most pleasing jewel. Whichever way he turns himself, he understands prudently.Proverbs 17:8
Proverbs 19:25 When the pestilent are scourged, the foolish will become wiser. But if you chastise the wise, he will understand discipline.Proverbs 19:25
Proverbs 20:24 The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?Proverbs 20:24
Proverbs 23:23 Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.Proverbs 23:23
Proverbs 24:12 If you would say: “I do not have sufficient strength.” He who inspects the heart, the same one understands, and nothing slips past the one who preserves your soul. And he shall repay a man according to his works.Proverbs 24:12
Proverbs 29:19 A servant cannot be taught by words, because he understands what you say, but he disdains to respond.Proverbs 29:19
Number of the word / term Understand in Proverbs: 13
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.Ecclesiastes 8:5
Ecclesiastes 8:16 And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night.Ecclesiastes 8:16
Ecclesiastes 9:1 I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.Ecclesiastes 9:1
Number of the word / term Understand in Ecclesiastes: 3
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 6:12 I did not understand. My soul was stirred up within me because of the chariots of Amminadab.Song of Solomon 6:12
Number of the word / term Understand in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 6:9 And he said: “Go forth! And you shall say to this people: ‘When you listen, you will hear and not understand. And when you see a vision, you will not comprehend.’Isaiah 6:9
Isaiah 6:10 Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”Isaiah 6:10
Isaiah 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and piety.Isaiah 11:2
Isaiah 28:9 To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.Isaiah 28:9
Isaiah 28:19 Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.Isaiah 28:19
Isaiah 29:14 for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.Isaiah 29:14
Isaiah 29:16 This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”Isaiah 29:16
Isaiah 29:24 And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.Isaiah 29:24
Isaiah 32:4 And the heart of the foolish will understand knowledge, and the tongue of those with impaired speech will speak quickly and plainly.Isaiah 32:4
Isaiah 33:19 You will not look upon a shameless people, a people of exalted words. For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.Isaiah 33:19
Isaiah 36:11 And Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh: “Speak to your servants in the Syrian language. For we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”Isaiah 36:11
Isaiah 40:14 With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?Isaiah 40:14
Isaiah 41:20 so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.Isaiah 41:20
Isaiah 42:25 And so, he poured out over him the indignation of his fury and a strong battle. And he burned him all around, and he did not realize it. And he set him on fire, and he did not understand it.Isaiah 42:25
Isaiah 43:10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.Isaiah 43:10
Isaiah 44:9 All of those who create idols are nothing, and their most beloved things will not benefit them. These are their witnesses, for they do not see, and they do not understand, so that they might be confounded.Isaiah 44:9
Isaiah 44:18 They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.Isaiah 44:18
Isaiah 52:13 Behold, my servant will understand; he will be exalted and lifted up, and he will be very sublime.Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 56:11 And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:Isaiah 56:11
Isaiah 57:1 The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.Isaiah 57:1
Number of the word / term Understand in Isaiah: 20
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, O house of Israel, I will lead over you a far away nation, says the Lord, a robust nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not know, nor will you understand what they are saying.Jeremiah 5:15
Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise man who understands this, and to whom a word from the mouth of the Lord may be given, so that he may announce this: why the land has perished, and has been scorched like a desert, so much so that no one passes through it?”Jeremiah 9:12
Jeremiah 10:12 He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.Jeremiah 10:12
Jeremiah 12:11 They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.”Jeremiah 12:11
Jeremiah 23:20 The fury of the Lord will not return until it succeeds, and until it completes the plan of his heart. In the last days, you will understand this counsel.Jeremiah 23:20
Jeremiah 26:15 Yet truly, know and understand this: if you kill me, you will be bringing innocent blood against yourselves, and against this city and its inhabitants. For in truth, the Lord sent me to you, so as to speak all these words in your hearing.”Jeremiah 26:15
Jeremiah 30:24 The Lord will not turn back the wrath of his indignation, until he has accomplished and completed the plan of his heart. In the last days, you shall understand these things.Jeremiah 30:24
Jeremiah 42:19 This is the word of the Lord concerning you, O remnant of Judah: Do not choose to enter into Egypt, for certainly you understand what I have sworn to you this day.Jeremiah 42:19
Number of the word / term Understand in Jeremiah: 8
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 3:6 and not to many peoples of profound words or of an unknown language, whose words you would not be able to understand. But if you were sent to them, they would listen to you.Ezekiel 3:6
Number of the word / term Understand in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 1:17 Yet, to these children, God gave knowledge and instruction in every book, and wisdom, but to Daniel, also the understanding of all visions and dreams.Daniel 1:17
Daniel 1:20 And in every concept of wisdom and understanding, about which the king consulted with them, he found them to be ten times better than all the seers and astrologers put together, who were in his entire kingdom.Daniel 1:20
Daniel 2:21 And he alters the times and the ages. He takes away kingdoms and he establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and teaching skills to those who understand.Daniel 2:21
Daniel 5:12 For a greater spirit, and foresight, and understanding, and interpretation of dreams, and the revealing of secrets, and the solution to difficulties were found in him, that is, in Daniel, to whom the king gave the name Belteshazzar. Now, therefore, let Daniel be summoned, and he will explain the interpretation.”Daniel 5:12
Daniel 5:14 I have heard of you, that you have the spirit of the gods, and that greater knowledge, as well as understanding and wisdom, have been found in you.Daniel 5:14
Daniel 8:15 But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man.Daniel 8:15
Daniel 8:16 And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, make this one understand the vision.”Daniel 8:16
Daniel 8:23 And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.Daniel 8:23
Daniel 9:22 And he instructed me, and he spoke to me and said, “Now, Daniel, I have come forth to teach you and to help you understand.Daniel 9:22
Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of your prayers, the message came forth, yet I have come to explain it to you because you are a man who is seeking. Therefore, you must pay close attention to the message and understand the vision.Daniel 9:23
Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, a message was revealed to Daniel, called Belteshazzar, and a true word, and great strength. And he understood the message, for understanding is needed in a vision.Daniel 10:1
Daniel 10:11 And he said to me, “Daniel, man of longing, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand yourself upright, for I am now sent to you.” And when he had said these words to me, I stood trembling.Daniel 10:11
Daniel 10:12 And he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, because from the first day that you set your heart to understand, by afflicting yourself in the sight of your God, your words have been heeded, and I have arrived because of your words.Daniel 10:12
Daniel 12:8 And I heard and did not understand. And I said, “My lord, what will be after these things?”Daniel 12:8
Daniel 12:10 Many will be chosen and purified, and, as if by fire, they will be tested, and the impious will act impiously, and none of the impious will understand, yet the teachers will understand.Daniel 12:10
Number of the word / term Understand in Daniel: 15
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 4:14 I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication, nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery, because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.Hosea 4:14
Hosea 6:3 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.Hosea 6:3
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise and will understand this? Who has understanding and will know these things? For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just will walk in them, but truly, the traitors will fall in them.Hosea 14:9
Number of the word / term Understand in Hosea: 3
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Obadiah
Obadiah 1:8 Shall I not, in that day, says the Lord, wipe away understanding from Idumea and foresight from the mount of Esau?Obadiah 1:8
Number of the word / term Understand in Obadiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 13:13 For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.Matthew 13:13
Matthew 13:14 And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, ‘Hearing, you shall hear, but not understand; and seeing, you shall see, but not perceive.Matthew 13:14
Matthew 13:15 For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.’Matthew 13:15
Matthew 13:19 With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.Matthew 13:19
Matthew 13:23 Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, and so he bears fruit, and he produces: some a hundred fold, and another sixty fold, and another thirty fold.”Matthew 13:23
Matthew 15:10 And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: “Listen and understand.Matthew 15:10
Matthew 15:17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the gut, and is cast into the sewer?Matthew 15:17
Matthew 16:9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember, the five loaves among the five thousand men, and how many containers you took up?Matthew 16:9
Matthew 16:11 Why do you not understand that it was not because of bread that I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?”Matthew 16:11
Matthew 24:15 Therefore, when you will have seen the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place, may he who reads understand,Matthew 24:15
Number of the word / term Understand in Matthew: 10
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Mark
Mark 4:12 ‘so that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they may be converted, and their sins would be forgiven them.’ ”Mark 4:12
Mark 4:13 And he said to them: “Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?Mark 4:13
Mark 6:52 For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded.Mark 6:52
Mark 7:14 And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.Mark 7:14
Mark 7:18 And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?Mark 7:18
Mark 9:32 But they did not understand the word. And they were afraid to question him.Mark 9:32
Mark 12:33 and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbor as one’s self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices.”Mark 12:33
Mark 13:14 Then, when you have seen the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not to be, let the reader understand: then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.Mark 13:14
Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you saying.” And he went outside, in front of the court; and a rooster crowed.Mark 14:68
Number of the word / term Understand in Mark: 9
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:50 And they did not understand the word that he spoke to them.Luke 2:50
Luke 8:10 And he said to them: “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to the rest, it is in parables, so that: seeing, they may not perceive, and hearing, they may not understand.Luke 8:10
Luke 18:34 But they understood none of these things. For this word was concealed from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.Luke 18:34
Luke 24:45 Then he opened their mind, so that they might understand the Scriptures.Luke 24:45
Number of the word / term Understand in Luke: 4
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book John
John 10:6 Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.John 10:6
John 11:49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, since he was the high priest that year, said to them: “You do not understand anything.John 11:49
John 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted: and then I would heal them.”John 12:40
John 13:7 Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.”John 13:7
John 13:17 If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it.John 13:17
John 16:18 And they said: “What is this, that he is saying, ‘A little while?’ We do not understand what he is saying.”John 16:18
John 20:9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that it was necessary for him to rise again from the dead.John 20:9
Number of the word / term Understand in John: 7
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Acts
Acts 7:25 Now he supposed that his brothers would understand that God would grant them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand it.Acts 7:25
Acts 8:30 And Philip, hurrying, heard him reading from the prophet Isaiah, and he said, “Do you think that you understand what you are reading?”Acts 8:30
Acts 21:20 And they, upon hearing it, magnified God and said to him: “You understand, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.Acts 21:20
Acts 21:34 Then they were crying out various things within the crowd. And since he could not understand anything clearly because of the noise, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.Acts 21:34
Acts 24:8 ordering his accusers to come to you. From them, you yourself will be able, by judging about all these things, to understand the reason that we accuse him.”Acts 24:8
Acts 28:26 saying: ‘Go to this people and say to them: Hearing, you shall hear and not understand, and seeing, you shall see and not perceive.Acts 28:26
Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people has grown dull, and they have listened with reluctant ears, and they have closed their eyes tightly, lest perhaps they might see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and so be converted, and I would heal them.’Acts 28:27
Number of the word / term Understand in Acts: 7
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:32 And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.Romans 1:32
Romans 3:11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.Romans 3:11
Romans 7:15 For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.Romans 7:15
Romans 14:6 He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.Romans 14:6
Romans 15:21 but just as it was written: “Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand.”Romans 15:21
Number of the word / term Understand in Romans: 5
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 2:12 But we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is of God, so that we may understand the things that have been given to us by God.1 Corinthians 2:12
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.1 Corinthians 2:14
1 Corinthians 14:2 For whoever speaks in tongues, speaks not to men, but to God. For no one understands. Yet by the Spirit, he speaks mysteries.1 Corinthians 14:2
1 Corinthians 14:11 Therefore, if I do not understand the nature of the voice, then I shall be like a foreigner to the one with whom I am speaking; and he who is speaking will be like a foreigner to me.1 Corinthians 14:11
1 Corinthians 14:24 But if everyone prophesies, and one who is ignorant or unbelieving enters, he may be convinced by it all, because he understands it all.1 Corinthians 14:24
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone seems to be a prophet or a spiritual person, he should understand these things which I am writing to you, that these things are the commandments of the Lord.1 Corinthians 14:37
1 Corinthians 15:2 By the Gospel, too, you are being saved, if you hold to the understanding that I preached to you, lest you believe in vain.1 Corinthians 15:2
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Corinthians: 7
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 1:13 For we write nothing else to you other than what you have read and understood. And I hope that you will continue to understand, even unto the end.2 Corinthians 1:13
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 1:11 For I would have you understand, brothers, that the Gospel which has been preached by me is not according to man.Galatians 1:11
Number of the word / term Understand in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 3:4 Yet, by reading this closely, you might be able to understand my prudence in the mystery of Christ.Ephesians 3:4
Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do all things, more abundantly than we could ever ask or understand, by means of the virtue which is at work in us:Ephesians 3:20
Ephesians 5:5 For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.Ephesians 5:5
Ephesians 5:17 For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.Ephesians 5:17
Number of the word / term Understand in Ephesians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 1:9 And this I pray: that your charity may abound more and more, with knowledge and with all understanding,Philippians 1:9
Philippians 2:2 complete my joy by having the same understanding, holding to the same charity, being of one mind, with the same sentiment.Philippians 2:2
Philippians 2:5 For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus:Philippians 2:5
Philippians 4:2 I ask Euodia, and I beg Syntyche, to have the same understanding in the Lord.Philippians 4:2
Philippians 4:7 And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:7
Number of the word / term Understand in Philippians: 5
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 1:9 Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,Colossians 1:9
Colossians 2:2 May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.Colossians 2:2
Number of the word / term Understand in Colossians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.1 Thessalonians 5:2
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, but understanding neither the things that they themselves are saying, nor what they are affirming about these things.1 Timothy 1:7
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 2:7 Understand what I am saying. For the Lord will give you understanding in all things.2 Timothy 2:7
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 2:9 Yet we understand that Jesus, who was reduced to a little less than the Angels, was crowned with glory and honor because of his Passion and death, in order that, by the grace of God, he might taste death for all.Hebrews 2:9
Hebrews 11:3 By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.Hebrews 11:3
Number of the word / term Understand in Hebrews: 2
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book James
James 2:20 So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?James 2:20
Number of the word / term Understand in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:12 Yet truly, these others, like irrational beasts, naturally fall into traps and into ruin by blaspheming whatever they do not understand, and so they shall perish in their corruption,2 Peter 2:12
2 Peter 2:20 For if, after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled and overcome by these things, then the latter state becomes worse than the former.2 Peter 2:20
2 Peter 3:16 just as he also spoke in all of his epistles about these things. In these, there are certain things which are difficult to understand, which the unlearned and the unsteady distort, as they also do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.2 Peter 3:16
Number of the word / term Understand in 2 Peter: 3
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book 1 John
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has arrived, and that he has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God, and so that we may remain in his true Son. This is the true God, and this is Eternal Life.1 John 5:20
Number of the word / term Understand in 1 John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Jude
Jude 1:10 But these men certainly blaspheme against whatever they do not understand. And yet, whatever they, like mute animals, know from nature, in these things they are corrupted.Jude 1:10
Number of the word / term Understand in Jude: 1
Bible passages with ‘Understand’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 17:9 And this is for one who understands, who has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.Revelation 17:9
Number of the word / term ‘Understand’ in Revelation: 1
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