Sabedoria
A sabedoria é um dos temas mais ricos da Bíblia. O temor do Senhor é seu princípio, e buscá-la vale mais que ouro ou prata. Deus promete dar sabedoria generosamente a quem pedir com fé.
O princípio da sabedoria
O temor do Senhor é o início de toda sabedoria verdadeira. Quem reverencia a Deus aprende a viver com discernimento e prudência.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
33 The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise stands eternally.
12 But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?13 Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.14 The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not with me.15 It cannot be given for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.16 It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, the precious onyx or sapphire.17 Neither gold nor crystal can be compared to it, nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.18 No mention shall be made of coral or crystal, for the acquiring of wisdom is above precious stones.19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot be compared to it, nor can it be weighed out for pure gold.20 From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the heavens.22 Abaddon and Death say, We have heard a report of it with our ears.
Sabedoria como dom de Deus
A verdadeira sabedoria vem do alto. Deus a concede generosamente a quem pede com fé, sem lançar em rosto a fraqueza humana.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
6 For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
3 yes, if you cry out for discernment, lifting up your voice for understanding;5 then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
23 I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known to me what we asked of You. For You have made known to us the kings matter.
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His.
17 As for these four boys, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
A sabedoria do alto
A sabedoria que vem de Deus é pura, pacífica, amável, cheia de misericórdia e de bons frutos. Ela se opõe à sabedoria terrena e mundana.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, fair, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, fair, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, fair, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works out of good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature; but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, having been hidden, which God appointed before the ages for our glory,
23 but we preach Christ crucified, truly to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.
2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full true knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Direção e discernimento
Deus guia os humildes na justiça e ensina seu caminho aos mansos. Ele promete dirigir nossos passos quando confiamos nele de todo o coração.
5 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye.
9 The lowly He guides in justice, and the lowly He teaches His way.
4 Make me know Your ways, O Jehovah; teach me Your paths.5 Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are the God of my salvation; upon You do I wait all day long.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by Jehovah, and he delights in His way.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto You.
10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me into the land of uprightness.11 Revive me, O Jehovah, for Your names sake! For Your righteousnesssake bring my soul out of distress.
11 Teach me Your way, O Jehovah, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
A Palavra como fonte de sabedoria
A Palavra de Deus é lâmpada para os pés e luz para o caminho. Meditar nas Escrituras nos dá entendimento superior ao dos mestres.
105 NUN: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
105 NUN: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your Law.
130 The entrance of Your Words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.2 But his delight is in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.
16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall watch over you; and when you awake, it will speak with you.
Sabedoria prática para o dia a dia
A sabedoria se aplica em cada decisão: nas finanças, nos relacionamentos, no trabalho e no uso do tempo. Vivamos como sábios, não como insensatos.
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
20 Give heed to counsel, and receive instruction, so that you may be wise in your latter days.
20 Give heed to counsel, and receive instruction, so that you may be wise in your latter days.
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.
18 Plans are established by counsel; and wage war with good advice.
6 For by wise counsel you shall wage war; and in a multitude of counselors is safety.
29 He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is impatient exalts folly.
10 By pride comes nothing but strife, but with those who deliberate is wisdom.
3 He who watches his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide shall have destruction.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who gives heed to counsel is wise.
2 Pride comes, then comes shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
8 The wise in heart accepts commands, but the foolish of lips shall be thrown down.
15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
28 Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips, as a man of understanding.
5 The wise hears and increases learning, and the one of understanding gets wise counsel,
5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
23 And whatever you do, do it from the soul, as to the Lord and not to men,24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
O valor da sabedoria
A sabedoria é mais preciosa que rubis. Quem a encontra, encontra a vida e alcança o favor do Senhor. Nada se compara a ela.
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding;
35 For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.
16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!
9 A mans heart devises his way, but Jehovah arranges his steps.
1 The arrangement of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from Jehovah.
12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
10 Do not say, Why were the former days better than these? For you do not ask wisely concerning this.
26 For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to collect and gather, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work nor reasoning nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol where you go.
A sabedoria e a soberania de Deus
Os caminhos de Deus são mais altos que os nossos. Sua sabedoria é insondável, eterna e infinitamente superior ao entendimento humano.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says Jehovah.
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not grow faint nor weary? His understanding is unsearchable.
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not grow faint nor weary? His understanding is unsearchable.
4 The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back His Words, but will arise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who work iniquity.
29 This also comes forth from Jehovah of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excels in sound wisdom.
2 And the Spirit of Jehovah 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 Jehovah.3 And He shall savor the fear of Jehovah. And He shall not judge according to the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
11 And Jehovah shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
24 O Jehovah, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions;
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power; His understanding is infinite.
24 You will lead me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may bring about a heart of wisdom.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
4 Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
11 You will make known to Me the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
12 He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
5 Evil men do not understand justice; but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,21 to Him be glory in the church in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him.6 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and whips every son whom He receives.
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; think on these things.
34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold one greater than Solomon is here.
24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.
24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
19 Jehovah has founded the earth by wisdom; He has established the heavens by understanding;
12 Wisdom is with old men, and with length of days is understanding.13 With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
1 Then Job answered and said:2 Truly I know it is so; but how can a man be just before the Mighty God?3 If one wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and been at peace?
8 O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
6 and said to the judges, Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Jehovah, who is with you in the words of judgment.
14 whereas you do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.