Verse 24

What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

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  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him or can see Him. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For this commandment that I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it beyond your reach. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to bring it to us so we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and bring it to us so that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can do it.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
  • Job 28:12-23 : 12 But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding? 13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.' 15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver. 16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. 17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor is it exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20 But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky. 22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor about it with our ears.' 23 God understands its way, and He knows its place.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.