Job 17:10

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:29 : 29 Relent, let there be no injustice; yes, relent, my righteousness still stands.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.'
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • 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?
  • Job 12:2 : 2 "Truly, you are the people, and with you wisdom will die!"
  • Job 15:9 : 9 What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.
  • Job 32:9 : 9 It is not merely the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.

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  • Job 17:11
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    11My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Eccl 1:15-17
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    15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

    16I said to myself, 'Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled Jerusalem before me. I have experienced much wisdom and knowledge.'

    17Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 7:19-20
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    19Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers in a city.

    20Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.

  • Isa 41:28
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    28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among these whom I could ask, and who could give an answer.

  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

    16So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.

    17The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
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    23All this I tested by wisdom and said, 'I will be wise,' but it was beyond me.

    24What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

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

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

  • Eccl 2:12
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    12So I turned my attention to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can anyone do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

    15Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.'

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

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

  • Eccl 7:27-28
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    27'See,' says the Teacher, 'this is what I have discovered, adding one thing to another to understand the scheme of things.'

    28While I was still searching but not finding, I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • 1 Cor 6:5
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    5I say this to your shame. Is there not one wise person among you who is able to judge between fellow believers?

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.

  • Prov 1:25
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    25And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction,

  • Job 12:3
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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?"

  • 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?

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

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

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

  • Eccl 6:8
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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?

  • Job 6:13
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    13Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

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

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13I set my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a burdensome task God has given to the human race to occupy themselves with!

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

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

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

  • Prov 30:3
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    3I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

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    1Call now—will anyone answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?