Bible Verses About Wise Men

In the morning he found himself so upset that he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one there could interpret them for him.

And the thin ears swallowed up the seven ripe ears. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me."

But Pharaoh in turn called for the sages and sorcerers; and they too, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing, making use of their secret arts.

God gave Shlomo exceptional wisdom and understanding, as well as a heart as vast as the sandy beach by the sea.

Shlomo's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of the people from the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

For he was wiser than everyone - wiser than Eitan the Ezrachi and wiser than Heiman, Kalkol and Darda the sons of Machol; so that his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.

He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

He could discuss trees, from the cedar in the L'vanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall; he could discuss wild animals, poultry, reptiles and fish.

People from all nations came to hear the wisdom of Shlomo, including kings from all over the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

"'This is the dream which I, King N'vukhadnetzar, saw. Now you, Belt'shatzar, tell me its interpretation. None of the sages of my kingdom can tell me the interpretation, but you can do it, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.'

But although all the king's sages came in, none could read the inscription or tell the king what it meant.

After Yeshua was born in Beit-Lechem in the land of Y'hudah during the time when Herod was king, Magi from the east came to Yerushalayim

and asked, "Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

When King Herod heard of this he became very agitated, and so did everyone else in Yerushalayim. He called together all the head cohanim and Torah-teachers

of the people and asked them, "Where will the Messiah be born?"

"In BeitLechem of Y'hudah," they replied, "because the prophet wrote,

`And you, Beit-Lechem in the land of Y'hudah, are by no means the least among the rulers of Y'hudah; for from you will come a Ruler who will shepherd my people Isra'el.'"

Herod summoned the Magi to meet with him privately and asked them exactly when the star had appeared.

Then he sent them to Beit-Lechem with these instructions: "Search carefully for the child; and when you find him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him."

After they had listened to the king, they went away; and the star which they had seen in the east went in front of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

Upon entering the house, they saw the child with his mother Miryam; and they prostrated themselves and worshipped him. Then they opened their bags and presented him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

But they had been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, so they took another route back to their own country.