Job 32:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
  • John 7:48 : 48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
  • 1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble: 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;
  • 1 Cor 2:7-8 : 7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory; 8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
  • Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges? 7 Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 32:7-8
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    7I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

    8But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

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

  • Job 32:13
    74%

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

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
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    16Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

    17The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Job 15:9-10
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    73%

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

    10With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

  • Job 12:2-3
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    2No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

    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 34:34
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    34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

  • Job 32:10
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    10So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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

  • Deut 32:28-29
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    28For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

    29If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

  • Job 36:26
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    26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

  • Job 37:24
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    24For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • Prov 30:3
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    3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Job 17:10
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    10But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

  • Job 9:32
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    32For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Job 34:2
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    2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

  • Job 28:20
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    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Job 4:21
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    21If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

  • Job 20:4
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    4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Job 42:3
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    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.

  • Job 33:12
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    12Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

  • Eccl 8:1
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    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.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16Of 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!

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Job 21:22
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    22Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Eccl 8:7
    69%

    7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Jer 9:23
    69%

    23This 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:

  • Job 12:20
    69%

    20He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

  • Prov 28:11
    69%

    11The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    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 8:9
    69%

    9(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

  • Job 15:18
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    18(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

  • Jer 4:22
    69%

    22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.