Bible Verses About Wise Decisions
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for wise decisions, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,040 votes, led by Proverbs 3:5-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Wise Decisions
Proverbs 3:5-6225 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 12:15186 votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
James 1:5147 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 1:5105 votes
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 16:9102 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Philippians 4:697 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Proverbs 15:2290 votes
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
1 Peter 1:13-1567 votes
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 5:854 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Proverbs 2:1-548 votes
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Joshua 1:946 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Hebrews 13:546 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hebrews 11:142 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
James 1:6-838 votes
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Matthew 6:2437 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Proverbs 11:1435 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 13:1134 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Psalms 119:933 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Proverbs 2:633 votes
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Psalms 119:124 votes
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:1024 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Proverbs 13:2023 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
John 14:623 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 Timothy 5:823 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Jeremiah 29:1122 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
What does the Bible say about wise decisions?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:5-6 on the subject of wise decisions. Across 2,040 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:15, James 1:5, Proverbs 1:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.