Job 17:10
But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
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- Job 6:29 : 29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
- Job 42:7 : 7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
- Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
- 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
- 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
- Job 12:2 : 2 No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.
- Job 15:9 : 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
- Job 17:4 : 4 You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
- 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.
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17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
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15 That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
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19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
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16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
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10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
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24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
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14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
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27 Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
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3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
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5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
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7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
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25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
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3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
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2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
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12 Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
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20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
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3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
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