Ephesians 1:17

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That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

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  • Isa 11:2 : 2 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;
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
  • 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • John 17:25-26 : 25 O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. 26 And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
  • 1 Cor 14:6 : 6 Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, knowledge, prophesying, or doctrine?
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It is not profitable for me, doubtless, to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
  • Ps 24:10 : 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
  • Dan 2:28-30 : 28 But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these. 29 As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes who shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.
  • Dan 5:11 : 11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
  • 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness;
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
  • 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • Rev 7:12 : 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
  • Dan 10:1 : 1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the message was true, but the time appointed was long; and he understood the message and had understanding of the vision.
  • Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.
  • Gen 41:38-39 : 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
  • 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all.
  • Ps 24:7 : 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
  • Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
  • Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
  • Rom 15:6 : 6 That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
  • 1 Cor 12:8 : 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
  • Acts 6:10 : 10 They were unable to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
  • John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
  • John 14:17 : 17 The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you and will be in you.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that same hour what you ought to say.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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