Job 15:18

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What wise men have declared, and have not hidden from their ancestors,

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  • Job 8:8 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors;
  • Job 15:10 : 10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, men much older than your father.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done. 5 He established a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children, 6 so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.

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  • 17I will show you; listen to me, and let me declare what I have seen:

  • Ps 78:3-4
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    3Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us.

    4We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done.

  • 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.

  • 19To whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.

  • 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?

  • 17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor is anything concealed that will not be known and brought to light.

  • 6so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,

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

  • 15Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

  • 8Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors;

  • 3Tell it to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

  • 5Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

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

  • 3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • 4For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

  • 6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

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    19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today—even you.

    20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge?

  • 20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • 15The heart of the understanding one gains knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • 1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • 23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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

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

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    14Therefore, I will again do extraordinary things with this people, with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the understanding of their discerning will vanish.

    15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

  • 21My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • 6You have heard it—now see all of it! And will you not declare it? From now on I will make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known.

  • 12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • 7Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

  • 8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

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

  • 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 15Now, the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not explain the meaning.

  • 28And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'

  • 28Do not remove the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

  • 14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • 24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • 17Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

  • 18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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

  • 14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • 18The LORD revealed their plans to me, and I knew what they were plotting, for he showed me their deeds.

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

  • 1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.