Verse 2

"Truly, you are the people, and with you wisdom will die!"

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:24-25 : 24 Teach me, and I will be silent; help me understand where I have gone astray. 25 How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors; 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.
  • Job 17:10 : 10 But as for all of you, return and come now, for I do not find a wise man among you.
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.
  • Job 32:7-9 : 7 I thought, ‘Age should speak; let many years teach wisdom.’ 8 But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding. 9 It is not merely the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. 10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’ 11 I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words, 12 I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; not one of you has answered his arguments. 13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
  • 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say this to your shame. Is there not one wise person among you who is able to judge between fellow believers?