Job 39:17

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For God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her understanding.

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  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky.
  • Isa 19:11-14 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; Pharaoh's wisest counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am a descendant of the wise, a son of ancient kings'? 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.
  • Isa 57:17 : 17 Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through his land, for the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hands, as has now happened.
  • 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 However, regarding the envoys sent by the rulers of Babylon to inquire about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left Hezekiah to test him and to know what was in his heart.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

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    18There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, and no one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised.

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  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

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

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    2Surely I am more ignorant than anyone, and I lack human understanding.

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    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 2:17-18
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    17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

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

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

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

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

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

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    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

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    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

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

  • Jer 14:5
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    5Even the doe in the field abandons her newborn because there is no grass.

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    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

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    30There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.

  • Zeph 3:2
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    2She listens to no voice, she accepts no discipline; she does not trust in the LORD, nor does she draw near to her God.

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    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Job 38:36
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    36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?

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

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    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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    10Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.

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    14Give them, LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

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    6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

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    16The grave, the barren womb, land that is never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, 'Enough!'

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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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