100 Bible Verses About Problem Solving

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.