(A)It is not the old[a] who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand what is right.

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  1. Job 32:9 Hebrew many [in years]

It is not only the old[a] who are wise,(A)
    not only the aged(B) who understand what is right.(C)

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  1. Job 32:9 Or many; or great

20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
    (A)and takes away the discernment of the elders.

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20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.(A)

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26 For consider your calling, brothers: (A)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But (B)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (C)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Greek according to the flesh

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.(A) Not many of you were wise(B) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose(C) the foolish(D) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

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Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 (A)At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, (B)Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and (D)revealed them to little children;

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The Father Revealed in the Son(A)

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,(B) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(C)

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13 Better was (A)a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how (B)to take advice.

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Advancement Is Meaningless

13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

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But you (A)have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who (B)drag you (C)into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable (D)name by which you were called?

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But you have dishonored the poor.(A) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(B) Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

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But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (A)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of (B)the rulers of this age understood this, for (C)if they had, they would not have crucified (D)the Lord of glory.

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No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(A) that has been hidden(B) and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age(C) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(D)

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48 (A)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

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48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(A)

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I will go to the great
    and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
    the justice of their God.”
(A)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
    they had burst the bonds.

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So I will go to the leaders(A)
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
    and torn off the bonds.(B)

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