Job 5:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 111:2 : 2 The LORD’s deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them.
  • Prov 2:3-5 : 3 indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding– 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.
  • Prov 9:12 : 12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.
  • Deut 10:13 : 13 and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 “For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; 9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Job 12:2 : 2 “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
  • Job 15:9-9 : 9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand? 10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
  • Job 15:17 : 17 “I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,
  • Job 22:2 : 2 “Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?
  • Job 32:11-12 : 11 Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts, while you were searching for words. 12 Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

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