Job 5:27
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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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?
10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
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12 If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?
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