Job 28:21

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It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky.

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  • Ps 49:3-4 : 3 both low and high, rich and poor alike. 4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.'
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
  • 1 Cor 2:7-9 : 7 Instead, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory. 8 This wisdom none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written: What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not entered the human heart—God has prepared these things for those who love Him. 10 Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:7-8
    2 verses
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    7No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the hawk's eye seen it.

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, nor has the lion prowled over it.

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

  • Job 28:11-14
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    75%

    11He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

    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.

    14The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'

  • Job 28:22-23
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    22Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor about it with our ears.'

    23God understands its way, and He knows its place.

  • 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky.

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

  • 21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

  • 14Clouds cover Him so He cannot see as He walks on the circle of the heavens.

  • 8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

  • 14My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

    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.

  • 7"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you."

  • 25I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

  • 17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

  • 21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

  • 21Now no one sees the bright light in the clouds, but the wind has passed and cleared them.

  • 25All mankind has looked upon it; man beholds it from afar.

  • 18There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

  • 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?'

  • 23To a man whose path is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • 26Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?

  • 11It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

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

  • 23Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.

  • 26Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

  • 1Why does the Almighty not reserve times of judgment, and why do those who know Him not see His days of justice?

  • 5Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.

  • 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.

  • 13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 5Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it has caught nothing?

  • 19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

  • Job 28:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also examined it.

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

  • 10wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,

  • 8Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.

  • 18What wise men have declared, and have not hidden from their ancestors,

  • 23He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • 4How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • 12For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.

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

  • 8The beasts retreat to their dens and dwell in their shelters.

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    8sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the beasts of the field,

  • 13All the birds of the sky rested on its fallen trunk, and all the wild animals were among its branches.

  • 9The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.