The quality of being discerning and perceptive which is a characteristic of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the source of human wisdom.
Those who knew and can know the wisdom of the Holy Spirit
Joshua
Deuteronomy 34:9 Either a wise human spirit or the Spirit of God who gives wisdom (NIV footnote).
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
The Messiah
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Jesus Christ
Luke 2:40 See also Colossians 2:9 “fulness” includes wisdom.
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
Christians
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
The Holy Spirit is the source of wisdom
Job 32:6–9; Acts 6:9–10; 1 Corinthians 2:12–14 1 Kings 3:8–9, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 4:29–34, 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:23–24; Proverbs 2:6; Daniel 5:10–16 Daniel's wisdom; Acts 6:3 the choosing of the Seven; Acts 15:28; 1 Corinthians 2:11, 1 Corinthians 12:8; Colossians 1:9
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know. I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen, but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The Holy Spirit as teacher
John 14:26 See also Nehemiah 9:20; Matthew 10:19–20 parallels Mark 13:11, Luke 12:12; 1 John 2:27
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.