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Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
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Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?
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and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
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But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!
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“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
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Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
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“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
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With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
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Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
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“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
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I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
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They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
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Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?
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How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
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Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine.
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“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
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“From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
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And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
