Job 32:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Jer 9:23 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
  • Ezek 28:3 : 3 See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:
  • Zech 12:7 : 7 And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 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? 21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
  • 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong; 28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are: 29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
  • Gen 14:23 : 23 That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
  • Judg 7:2 : 2 And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
  • Job 2:10 : 10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
  • Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
  • Job 12:2 : 2 No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.
  • Job 15:8-9 : 8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself? 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours? 10 With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
  • Job 19:6 : 6 Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.
  • Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, O my friends! for the hand of God is on me.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
  • Isa 48:5 : 5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
  • Isa 48:7 : 7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

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    23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

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

  • 27 But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

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

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

  • 2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

  • 13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

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

  • 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

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    2 No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

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

  • 17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

  • 6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

  • 22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • 22 Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

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

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    12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

    13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

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

  • 9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

  • 5 Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

  • 3 Who 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • 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.

  • 9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

  • 11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

  • 22 In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

  • 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • 23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?