Job 5:27
New Living Translation
27 “We have studied life and found all this to be true.
Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
Psalm 111:2
New Living Translation
2 How amazing are the deeds of the Lord!
All who delight in him should ponder them.
Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Proverbs 2:3-5
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3 Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
Job 32:11-12
New Living Translation
11 “I have waited all this time,
listening very carefully to your arguments,
listening to you grope for words.
12 I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
or answered his arguments.
Job 22:2
New Living Translation
2 “Can a person do anything to help God?
Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
Job 15:17
New Living Translation
17 “If you will listen, I will show you.
I will answer you from my own experience.
Job 15:9-10
New Living Translation
9 What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that we do not?
10 On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!
Job 12:2
New Living Translation
2 “You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Job 8:8-10
New Living Translation
8 “Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
9 For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
10 But those who came before us will teach you.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
Deuteronomy 10:13
New Living Translation
13 And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
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