Job 28:12
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12 (A)“But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
James 1:5
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5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask God, (C)who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
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Job 28:20
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20 “From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
Colossians 2:3
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3 (A)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written,
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 (B)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Proverbs 3:19
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Proverbs 2:4-6
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4 if you seek it like (A)silver
and search for it as for (B)hidden treasures,
5 then (C)you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For (D)the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]
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- James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
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23 All this I have tested by wisdom. (A)I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me. 24 That which has been is far off, and (B)deep, very deep; (C)who can find it out?
25 (D)I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
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Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalm 51:6
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6 Behold, you delight in truth in (A)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (B)to govern your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
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