Job 17:10
Anticipation of Death“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 6:29 : 29 Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!
- Job 42:7 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
- Mal 3:18 : 18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
- 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
- 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?
- Job 12:2 : 2 “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
- Job 15:9 : 9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?
- Job 17:4 : 4 Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
- Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
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