Psalms 90:12

WEB

¹²So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

KJV

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

BSB

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

FBV

¹²Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!

Extra References

Ephesians 5:16-17

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Psalms 39:4

⁴“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

John 9:4

⁴I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

Deuteronomy 32:29

²⁹Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Proverbs 4:7

⁷Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

¹³Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. ¹⁴For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. ¹⁵She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. ¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Proverbs 23:12

¹²Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,^[+] where you are going.

Luke 12:35-40

³⁵“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. ³⁶Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. ³⁷Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them. ³⁸They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so. ³⁹But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

Proverbs 16:16

¹⁶How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.