Job 26:3
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3 How you have counseled one who has no wisdom
and given much good advice!
Acts 20:27
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27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.(A)
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Acts 20:20
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20 I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,(A)
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Proverbs 8:6-9
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6 Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right,(A)
7 for my mouth will utter truth;
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.(B)
8 All the words of my mouth are righteous;
there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
9 They are all straight to one who understands
and right to those who find knowledge.(C)
Psalm 71:15-18
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15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all day long,
though their number is past my knowledge.(A)
16 I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.(B)
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.(C)
18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(D)
Footnotes
- 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Psalm 49:1-4
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Psalm 49
The Folly of Trust in Riches
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 Hear this, all you peoples;
give ear, all inhabitants of the world,(A)
2 both low and high,
rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.(B)
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.(C)
Job 38:2
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2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?(A)
Job 33:33
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33 If not, listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”(A)
Job 33:3
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3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
and what my lips know they speak sincerely.(A)
Job 32:11-13
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11 “See, I waited for your words;
I listened for your wise sayings
while you searched out what to say.(A)
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.’(B)
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 15:8-10
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8 Have you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?(A)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?(B)
10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
those older than your father.(C)
Job 13:5
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5 If you would only keep silent,
that would be your wisdom!(A)
Job 12:3
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3 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
Job 6:13
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13 In truth I have no help in me,
and any resource is driven from me.(A)
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