Bible Verses About Passing of Wisdom

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

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 of their prudent men shall be hid.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

But wisdom is justified of all her children.

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.