Job 28:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:20 : 20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
  • Prov 2:4-6 : 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
  • Eccl 7:23-25 : 23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me. 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.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge. 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?
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:20-21
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    93%

    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    21For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

  • Job 28:13-15
    3 verses
    86%

    13Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

    14The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

    15Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    80%

    18Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

    19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

    2At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;

  • Job 38:36-37
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    78%

    36Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?

    37By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    78%

    24Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

    25I 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.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    78%

    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    77%

    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

    13With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • Job 28:27-28
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    77%

    27Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

    28And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Job 28:23
    76%

    23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

  • Job 42:3
    76%

    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    76%

    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Eccl 8:17
    75%

    17Then 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.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Job 38:4
    75%

    4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

  • Prov 2:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

    4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Job 28:11
    75%

    11He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

  • Job 11:7-8
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    75%

    7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • Prov 4:7
    74%

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    74%

    20Where 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?

  • Job 28:1
    74%

    1Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

  • Job 12:3
    74%

    3But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • Job 26:3
    74%

    3How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Job 6:13
    73%

    13I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

  • Job 38:16
    73%

    16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

    2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 30:3
    73%

    3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Eccl 8:1
    73%

    1Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,