Isaiah 40:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:22 : 22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?
  • Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
  • 1 Cor 12:4-6 : 4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

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    12 The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

    13 Who comprehends the mind of the LORD, or gives him instruction as his counselor?

  • 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

  • Job 26:3-4
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    3 How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

    4 To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

  • 13 “With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

  • 2 “Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 9 Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!

  • 3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 36:22-23
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    22 Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

    23 Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him,‘You have done what is wicked’?

  • Job 38:36-37
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    36 Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

    37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

  • 26 His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

  • 22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?

  • 10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

  • Isa 11:2-3
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    2 The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD.

    3 He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

  • 14 Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

  • 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • 13 Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

  • 12 No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • 20 God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • 17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

  • 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

  • 4 The Servant Perseveres The Sovereign LORD has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

  • 18 Yet which of them has ever stood in the LORD’s inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?

  • 4 God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

  • 26 Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say,‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

  • 4 Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!

  • 11 who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

  • 29 This also comes from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

  • 9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

  • 21 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • 9 Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

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    8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • 15 He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

  • 18 A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

  • 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

  • 3 Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • 2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

  • 15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.

  • 16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

  • 17 This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

  • 31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God– with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,

  • 2 Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.

  • 20 I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the LORD’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”

  • 24 Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.