Ecclesiastes 8:1
"Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed."
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- Acts 6:15
"And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 28:50
"A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 1:20
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 4:18
"This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 34:29
"And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him."
Read in chapter → - Job 33:23
"If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:13
"Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:24
"Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."
Read in chapter → - 2 Timothy 4:17
"Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:5
"A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength."
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