Knowledge, God as source of human

All knowledge proceeds from God, although many do not acknowledge it. The pursuit of knowledge apart from God is futile and leads to pride.

God is the source of all knowledge

Proverbs 2:6 See also Job 28:28; Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Pursuit of knowledge apart from God led to the fall

Genesis 3:1–7 See also Genesis 3:22–24

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Pursuit of knowledge apart from God is futile

Ecclesiastes 12:11–12 See also Ecclesiastes 1:16–18; 1 Corinthians 8:1

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd. And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

Pursuit of the knowledge that proceeds from God merits divine approval

Proverbs 3:13–18 See also Proverbs 2:3–5, Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 15:14; 2 Peter 1:5

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

God bestows knowledge on certain individuals

Daniel 1:17 See also Exodus 31:1–5, Exodus 35:30–36:1; 1 Kings 3:10–12; 2 Chronicles 1:10–12; 1 Corinthians 12:8

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.