Job 12:2
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2 “No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
1 Corinthians 6:5
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5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one person wise enough to decide between brothers and sisters?
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are sensible people in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.(A)
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Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and shrewd in their own sight!(A)
Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich is wise in self-esteem,
but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.(A)
Job 32:7-13
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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.(A)
9 It is not the old[b] who are wise
nor the aged who understand what is right.(B)
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
let me also declare my opinion.’
11 “See, I waited for your words;
I listened for your wise sayings
while you searched out what to say.(C)
12 I gave you my attention,
but there was, in fact, no one who confuted Job,
no one among you who answered his words.
13 Yet do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;
God may vanquish him, not a human.’(D)
Job 20:3
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3 I hear censure that insults me,
and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.(A)
Job 17:10
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10 But you, come back now, all of you,
and I shall not find a sensible person among you.
Job 17:4
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4 Since you have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not let them triumph.(A)
Job 15:2
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2 “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge
and fill themselves with the east wind?(A)
Job 11:12
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12 But the stupid will get understanding
when a wild ass is born human.[a]
Footnotes
- 11.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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
Job 11:2
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2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and should one full of talk be vindicated?(A)
Job 8:8-10
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8 “For inquire now of bygone generations
and consider what their ancestors have found,(A)
9 for we are but of yesterday, and we know nothing,
for our days on earth are but a shadow.(B)
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
Job 6:24-25
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24 “Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone wrong.
25 How forceful are honest words!
But your reproof, what does it reprove?(A)
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