22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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

• Kingdom of God
• Wisdom

• The Householder

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

• 1John 2:7 — Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
• 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
• 1Tim 4:6 — If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
• 2Cor 3:4 — And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
• 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
• 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• 2Tim 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
• 2Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
• 2Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
• Col 1:7 — As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
• Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Eccl 12:9 — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
• Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
• Ezra 7:10 — For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
• Ezra 7:21 — And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you,
• John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
• Luke 11:49 — Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
• Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 12:35 — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matt 12:35 — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matt 23:34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city t
• Matt 23:34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city t
• Matt 24:45 — Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
• Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Neh 8:1 — And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had
• Prov 10:20 — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
• Prov 11:30 — The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
• Prov 15:7 — The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
• Prov 16:20 — He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
• Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
• Prov 22:17 — Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
• Prov 23:12 — Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
• Prov 24:4 — And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
• Song 7:13 — The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
• Song 7:13 — The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
• Titus 1:9 — Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.