Job 12:9

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Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

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  • Isa 41:20 : 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.”
  • Jer 27:5-6 : 5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit. 6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
  • Dan 9:17 : 17 “So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.
  • Acts 19:35 : 35 After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said,“Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.
  • Jas 2:5-7 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 Be careful not to say,“My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.” 18 You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.
  • Job 12:3 : 3 I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
  • Job 22:18 : 18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

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  • 10in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

  • 27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

  • 20I 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.”

  • 50Did my hand not make all these things?’

  • 7He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

  • Job 5:9-10
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    9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

    10he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;

  • Job 9:10-12
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    10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

    11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

    12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

  • 8Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

  • 1Everyone Will Die So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated– no one knows what lies ahead.

  • 12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

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

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    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?

    5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

  • 6He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name.

  • 12You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

  • 15He 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.

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    6He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

    7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • 5Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

  • Ps 92:5-6
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    5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

  • 4Who 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!

  • Isa 40:12-13
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    12The 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?

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

  • 24How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

  • 24“O, Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength.(What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

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    4The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

    5The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

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

  • 8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • 3Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

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    8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

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

  • 24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

  • 6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

  • 73י(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

  • 18known from long ago.

  • 9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

  • 21Do 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?

  • 16The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)

  • Job 10:7-8
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    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

    8Contradictions in God’s Dealings“Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely.

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

  • 14Indeed, 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?”

  • 13For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, is his name!”

  • 19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.