Job 12:2

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"Truly, you are the people, and with you wisdom will die!"

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  • Job 6:24-25 : 24 Teach me, and I will be silent; help me understand where I have gone astray. 25 How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors; 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.
  • Job 17:10 : 10 But as for all of you, return and come now, for I do not find a wise man among you.
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.
  • Job 32:7-9 : 7 I thought, ‘Age should speak; let many years teach wisdom.’ 8 But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding. 9 It is not merely the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. 10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’ 11 I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words, 12 I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; not one of you has answered his arguments. 13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
  • 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say this to your shame. Is there not one wise person among you who is able to judge between fellow believers?

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    1Then Job answered and said:

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    3"But I too have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know things such as these?"

  • Job 32:12-13
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    12I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; not one of you has answered his arguments.

    13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

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    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12"Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days."

    13"With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."

  • Job 15:8-10
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    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

    10Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, men much older than your father.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

  • Job 20:4
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    4Do you not know this from ancient times, since man was placed on the earth,

  • Ps 49:10
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    10that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay.

  • Job 34:34-35
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    34Men of understanding declare, and the wise man who hears me says:

    35Job speaks without knowledge, and his words lack insight.

  • Job 32:9
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    9It is not merely the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.

  • Job 34:2
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    2Listen to my words, you wise ones; and to those with understanding, give ear to me.

  • Job 27:12
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    12Look, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then do you speak nonsense?

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    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

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    2Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • Ps 82:7
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    7However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Job 17:10
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    10But as for all of you, return and come now, for I do not find a wise man among you.

  • Job 13:2
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    2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

  • Job 32:7
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    7I thought, ‘Age should speak; let many years teach wisdom.’

  • Job 38:21
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    21Surely you know, since you were already born, and the number of your days is great!

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

    20And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

  • Job 21:22
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    22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?

  • Ps 49:12
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    12Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight?

  • Job 13:5
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    5If only you would keep silent, it would be wisdom for you.

  • Job 28:20
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    20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

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    10Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions.

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    23I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.

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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

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    15all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

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    27Behold, we have examined this, and it is true. Listen to it and apply it to yourself.

  • Job 42:17
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    17And so Job died, old and full of days.

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

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    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

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    12If you are wise, your wisdom will benefit you; if you mock, you alone will suffer.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

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    8What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

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    2I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are all of you.

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    17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not act foolishly—why should you die before your time?

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    3Indeed, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.

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    10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?