Job 28:12
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12 “But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
James 1:5
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5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
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Job 28:20
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20 “But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
Colossians 2:3
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3 In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 As the Scriptures say,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”[a]
20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.
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Proverbs 3:19
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19 By wisdom the Lord founded the earth;
by understanding he created the heavens.
Proverbs 2:4-6
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4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord grants wisdom!
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
James 1:17
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17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b]
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Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
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23 I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn’t work. 24 Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find. 25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
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Job 28:28
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28 And this is what he says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Psalm 51:6
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6 But you desire honesty from the womb,[a]
teaching me wisdom even there.
Footnotes
- 51:6 Or from the heart; Hebrew reads in the inward parts.
1 Kings 3:9
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9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
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