The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Old Testament: Isaiah xi. 2.

  I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.

Old Testament: 2 Esdras xiv. 25.

  The understanding is always the dupe of the heart.

Isaac De Benserade (1612-1691): Maxim 102.

  A child of our grandmother Eve, a female; or, for thy more sweet understanding, a woman.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Love's Labour's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.

  It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.

Sydney Smith (1769-1845): Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 15.

  I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditations.

Old Testament: Psalm cxix. 99.

  I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ix. 1784.

  The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.

New Testament: Philippians iv. 7.

  The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

Letters of Junius. Letter xxxvii. City Address, and the King's Answer.

  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.

Old Testament: Proverbs iv. 7.