Verse 20

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
• Job 17:4 : 4 You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
• Job 12:24 : 24 He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.
• Job 39:17 : 17 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
• Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
• Prov 12:19 : 19 True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
• Prov 12:22 : 22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
• Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water; 2 The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years; 3 The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.