What Does the Bible Say About Sophia?

Proverbs 8:1-36 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. ...

James 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Romans 11:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Proverbs 8:22-31 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. ...

Acts 5:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

Acts 5:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

Acts 4:1-37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, ...

Acts 5:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

Matthew 2:1-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: ...

Ruth 1:1-22 ESV / 7 helpful votes

In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. ...

Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

1 Corinthians 1:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Acts 5:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 5:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Luke 11:49 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

Luke 7:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”

Matthew 23:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

Matthew 11:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Proverbs 3:1-19:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ...

2 Kings 1:1-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.” But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus says the Lord, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah went. The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?” ...

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Acts 5:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Acts 3:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Acts 3:1-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. ...

Proverbs 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. ...

Revelation 13:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

James 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Romans 11:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

Acts 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

Acts 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Ecclesiastes 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 31:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows?

Proverbs 8:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;

Proverbs 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Ezra 10:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.

Ezra 7:1-10:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest— ...

2 Kings 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

52 Bible Verses about Sophia

Proverbs 8:1-36 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 8:22-31 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 4:1-37 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:1-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 1:1-22 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:49 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 23:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:1-19:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 1:1-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 3:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 13:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 8:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ezra 10:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 7:1-10:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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