Job 28:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

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  • Job 28:12 : 12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng.
  • Job 28:23 : 23 But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.
  • Eccl 7:23-24 : 23 All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before: 24 yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.
  • 1 Cor 2:6-9 : 6 And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught. 7 But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie. 8 Which none of ye princes of this world knewe: For had they knowen it, they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie. 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym. 10 But God hath reuealed the vnto vs by his spirite: For the spirite searcheth all thinges, yea the deepe thinges of God. 11 For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue ye spirite of man which is in hym? Euen so, the thinges of God, knoweth no man, but ye spirite of God. 12 And we haue receaued, not the spirite of the worlde, but the spirite which is of God, that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God. 13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges. 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spirituall, discerneth all thynges, yet he hym selfe is iudged of no man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-15
    4 verses
    93%

    12Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    13Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

    14The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me.

    15She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer.

  • Job 38:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

    19Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

    20That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce?

    2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes:

  • Job 28:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde.

    18No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles.

    19The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde.

  • Job 28:21
    77%

    21She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre.

  • Job 38:36
    77%

    36Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding?

  • Job 28:28
    76%

    28And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

  • Eccl 7:24
    76%

    24yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.

  • Prov 8:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

    12I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:23
    75%

    23But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

    9What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    75%

    20Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?

  • Job 20:4
    74%

    4Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

  • Job 42:3
    74%

    3For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 4:7
    74%

    7The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

  • Job 12:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding.

    13Yea, with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge.

  • Job 38:4
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    4Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6The stones of it are a place of Saphires, and the dust of it is golde.

    7There is a way that the birdes knowe not, that no vultures eye hath seene:

  • Prov 16:16
    74%

    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • Job 6:13
    74%

    13Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? & that my substaunce is taken from me?

  • Job 28:1
    74%

    1There is a place wher siluer is brought out of, and where golde is tryed,

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

    14For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

    8It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?

  • Job 38:2
    73%

    2What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • Prov 1:20
    73%

    20Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes:

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Job 12:3
    73%

    3But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?

  • Job 26:3
    72%

    3Where is the counsayle that thou shouldest geue him which hath no wisdome? Hast thou shewed the way of right lyuing?

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3I neuer learned wisdome, nor had knowledge of holy thynges.

  • Prov 2:3
    72%

    3For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Job 4:21
    72%

    21Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.