Job 12:2

American Standard Version (1901)

No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:24-25 : 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .
  • Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
  • Job 32:7-9 : 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you. 13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
  • 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say [this] to move you to shame. What, cannot there be [found] among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • Job 32:12-13
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    12Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.

    13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

  • 21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    72%

    12With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

    13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

  • Job 15:8-10
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    72%

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

    9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

    10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

  • 16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • 4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Job 34:34-35
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    70%

    34Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

    35Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

  • 9It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

  • 2Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  • 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

  • 8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

  • 7Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    69%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • 10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

  • 2What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

  • 7I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

  • 21[ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

  • 20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

  • 22Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

  • 12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

  • 3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

  • 5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

  • 20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • 23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

  • 12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Job 34:15-16
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    67%

    15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

    16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • 17So Job died, being old and full of days.

  • 33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  • 9The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

  • 8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • 2I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.

  • 17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • 3behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;

  • 10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?