Job 32:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

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  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
  • 1 Cor 2:10-12 : 10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God. 12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
  • Job 38:36 : 36 Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
  • 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.
  • Job 33:4 : 4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
  • 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
  • 1 Cor 12:8 : 8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
  • Dan 1:17 : 17 Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
  • Job 4:12-21 : 12 A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears. 13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, 14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble; 15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff: 16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying: 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker? 18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels; 19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect; 20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note. 21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
  • Gen 41:39 : 39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:
  • Job 33:16 : 16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

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    14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

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    3 And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

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

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

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    14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

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    4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

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