Job 28:12
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12 “But(A) where can 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 of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.
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Proverbs 2:4-6
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4 (A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 (B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 (C)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Job 28:20
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20 “From(A) where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
Proverbs 3:19
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19 (A)The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
By understanding He established the heavens;
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 bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, (B)with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
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23 All this I have [a]proved by wisdom.
(A)I said, “I will be wise”;
But it was far from me.
24 (B)As for that which is far off and (C)exceedingly deep,
Who can find it out?
25 (D)I applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:23 tested
Job 28:28
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28 And to man He said,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Psalm 51:6
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6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
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