What’s the difference between wisdom and knowledge? There’s the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, “why” and “how” in every aspect of life. Knowledge is simply knowing “what” something is. Wisdom is knowing what to do with it, why we do the things we do, how to do it and when to do it.
You can memorize the 10 commandments and know “what” they are. That makes you knowledgeable in them. But you’re not very wise in them if you don’t understand why we follow those commands and how and when to apply them.
Another simple example I learned is having the knowledge of what a red stoplight is – simply, a red light on a street. But the wisdom in it is to simply know that we apply the brakes and stop at the red light, and why we stop (so other cars from another direction can fairly get through).
The way the Holy Spirit teaches wisdom is that God has given us all of His wisdom in His bible. If we pray for wisdom (as we are instructed to), we must read that bible of wisdom and load the information into our minds – even if we don’t understand it at first. Then, now that we have that knowledge loaded into our minds, the Holy Spirit will help us understand why those things are the way they are as we meditate on them and work through them logically, and bring it to remembrance in times of need to help us act on that knowledge, giving us wisdom. And as you’re reading the bible over and over again, He will bring to remembrance other scripture that connects with the scripture you’re currently reading, to give you a more complete picture of the concept God is trying to explain. If you pray for wisdom but don’t read the bible full of all His wisdom, don’t expect Him to just download all that wisdom into your mind. He’s freely given us all of it in His bible, and expects us to diligently search Him and His ways out via the word.