Job 28:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

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  • Job 28:20 : 20 From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you shall make me know wisdom.
  • Prov 2:4-6 : 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding he has established the heavens.
  • Eccl 7:23-25 : 23 All this have I tested by wisdom. I said, 'I will be wise,' but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even 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 debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:20-21
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    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

    21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept secret from the birds of the air.

  • Job 28:13-15
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    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The depth says, 'It is not in me'; and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

    20That you may take it to its boundary, and that you may discern the paths to its home?

  • Prov 8:1-2
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    1Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice?

    2She stands on the top of high places, by the way where the paths meet.

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

    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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

    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

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

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

    13With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

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

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

  • Job 28:23
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    23God understands its way, and he knows its place.

  • Job 42:3
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    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?

  • Job 38:4
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    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • Prov 2:3-6
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    3Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

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

  • Job 28:11
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    11He binds the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing he brings forth to light.

  • Job 11:7-8
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    7Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?

    8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

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

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

  • Job 28:1
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    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

  • Job 12:3
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • Job 32:13
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    13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • 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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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

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

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness of his face shall be changed.

  • Job 20:4
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    4Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,