Job 12:13
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- 12.13 Heb him
Job 36:5
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5 “Surely God is mighty and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.(A)
Job 9:4
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4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
who has resisted him and succeeded?(A)
James 1:5
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5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.(A)
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Proverbs 2:6-7
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6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(A)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(B)
Ephesians 1:11
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11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(A)
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- 1.11 Or been made a heritage
Proverbs 8:14
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14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
I have insight; I have strength.(A)
Colossians 2:3
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3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(A)
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Daniel 2:20
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20 Daniel said:
“Blessed be the name of God from age to age,
for wisdom and power are his.(A)
Psalm 147:5
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5 Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.(A)
Job 28:20-28
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20 “Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?(A)
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’(B)
23 “God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.(C)
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.(D)
25 When he gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned out the waters by measure,(E)
26 when he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the thunderbolt,(F)
27 then he saw it and declared it;
he established it and searched it out.
28 And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”(G)
Job 11:6
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6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(A)
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- 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ephesians 1:8
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8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight
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1 Corinthians 1:24
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24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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Romans 11:34
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34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”(A)
Luke 21:15
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15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(A)
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- 21.15 Gk a mouth
Jeremiah 10:12
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12 It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.(A)
Isaiah 46:10
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
Isaiah 40:13-14
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13 Who has directed the spirit of the Lord
or as his counselor has instructed him?(A)
14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
and who taught him the path of justice?
[[Who taught him knowledge
and showed him the way of understanding?
Job 38:36
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Job 32:6-9
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6 Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered:
“I am young in years,
and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.(A)
7 I said, ‘Let days speak
and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But truly it is the spirit in a mortal,
the breath of the Almighty[a] that makes for understanding.(B)
9 It is not the old[b] who are wise
nor the aged who understand what is right.(C)
Job 12:16
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16 With him are strength and wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.(A)
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