But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18

10 these are the things God has revealed(A) to us by his Spirit.(B)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts(C) except their own spirit(D) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit(E) of the world,(F) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](A)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

16 All Scripture is God-breathed(A) and is useful for teaching,(B) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,(C)

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The Spirit(A) of God has made me;(B)
    the breath of the Almighty(C) gives me life.(D)

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For the Lord gives wisdom;(A)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(B)

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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(A) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(B)

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26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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12 I will do what you have asked.(A) I will give you a wise(B) and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

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To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom,(A) to another a message of knowledge(B) by means of the same Spirit,

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21 He changes times and seasons;(A)
    he deposes(B) kings and raises up others.(C)
He gives wisdom(D) to the wise
    and knowledge to the discerning.(E)

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11 who teaches(A) us(B) more than he teaches[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[b] the birds in the sky?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  2. Job 35:11 Or us wise by

28 When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom(A) from God to administer justice.

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17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding(A) of all kinds of literature and learning.(B) And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.(C)

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16 he may speak(A) in their ears
    and terrify them(B) with warnings,(C)

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12 “A word(A) was secretly brought to me,
    my ears caught a whisper(B) of it.(C)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people,(D)
14 fear and trembling(E) seized me
    and made all my bones shake.(F)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
    and the hair on my body stood on end.(G)
16 It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:(H)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(I)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(J)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(K)
    if he charges his angels with error,(L)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(M)
    whose foundations(N) are in the dust,(O)
    who are crushed(P) more readily than a moth!(Q)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.(R)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(S)
    so that they die(T) without wisdom?’(U)

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39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you,(A) there is no one so discerning and wise as you.(B)

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Solomon’s Wisdom

29 God gave Solomon wisdom(A) and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand(B) on the seashore.

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