14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Eph 5:17 — Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
• Mark 7:14 — And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
• Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
• Matt 13:19 — When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
• Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Matt 15:10 — And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
• Neh 8:8 — So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
• Prov 1:6 — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.