Strong’s H2450 · Hebrew
חָכָם
châkâm · khaw-kawm'
Origin from חָכַם (H2449);
Meaning wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
In the King James Version cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
In 133 verses of the King James Version
51–100 of 133
- Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Proverbs 11:29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
- Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
- Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
- Proverbs 15:12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
- Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
- Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
- Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
- Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
- Proverbs 20:26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
- Proverbs 21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
- Proverbs 21:20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
- Proverbs 21:22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
- Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
- Proverbs 23:24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
- Proverbs 24:5A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
- Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Proverbs 25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
- Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
- Proverbs 29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- Proverbs 29:11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
- Proverbs 30:24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
- Ecclesiastes 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1Who 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.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.