Job 28:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:20 : 20 ¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
  • Prov 2:4-6 : 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Eccl 7:23-25 : 23 ¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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  • Job 28:20-21
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    20¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?

    21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

  • Job 28:13-15
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    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

    14¶ The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.

    15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

    19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

    20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

  • Prov 8:1-2
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    1¶ Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

    2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

  • Job 38:36-37
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    36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

    37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

    25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    78%

    11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

    12¶ I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    77%

    12¶ With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

    13With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

  • Job 28:27-28
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    27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

  • Job 28:23
    76%

    23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • Job 42:3
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    3Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

    14For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Job 15:8-9
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    75%

    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

    9What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?

  • Job 38:4
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    4¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • Prov 2:3-6
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    3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

  • Job 28:11
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    11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • Job 11:7-8
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    7¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

    8[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    74%

    20Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Job 28:1
    74%

    1¶ Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].

  • Job 12:3
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • Job 26:3
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    3How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Job 6:13
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    13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 38:16
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    16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • Prov 17:16
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    16¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 30:3
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    3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 8:1
    73%

    1¶ Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,