divine insight
God-given understanding
Divine insight is understanding or knowledge that seems to come from a higher power rather than ordinary reasoning.
The phrase suggests perception beyond normal human capability—wisdom that arrives suddenly and feels revealed rather than learned: She had a divine insight into his true character.
In religious contexts, it may refer literally to God-given understanding.
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- visionAbility to see
- spiritual visionPerceiving transcendent truths
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- seeing the lightMoment of comprehension
revelation · light · third eye · epiphany · moment of clarity · oracle · intuition · inner voice · still small voice · spiritual awakening · scripture · nous · discernment · clairvoyance · seer · knowing · premonition · prophecy
- Biblical WisdomEcclesiastes, Job, wisdom of Solomon, King Solomon, Solomon
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, the Republic
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
divine insightempirical observation
Facts gathered through senses
book learning · trial and error · logical reasoning · scientific method · scientific inquiry
divine insightignorance
Absence of knowledge
delusion · confusion · benightedness · error · obliviousness