Proverbs 30:24

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There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

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  • Job 12:7 : 7 Knowledge of God’s Wisdom“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

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  • Prov 30:28-29
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    28a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

    29There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently:

  • Prov 30:25-26
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    25ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

    26rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

  • Prov 30:21-23
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    21Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:

    22under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,

    23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

  • Ps 104:24-25
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    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.

    25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

  • 1 Kgs 4:33-34
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    33He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.

    34People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31
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    30Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

    31He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.

  • Prov 24:3-5
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    3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

    4by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

    5A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Eccl 9:13-14
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    13Most People Are Not Receptive to Wise Counsel This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

    14There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.

    12“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Job 28:12
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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 6:6
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    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Eccl 7:24
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    24Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

  • Prov 21:30
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    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

  • Job 20:4
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    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Job 28:20
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    20God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 24:32
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    32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:

  • Job 4:12
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    12Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • 1 Kgs 10:24
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    24Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Job 12:12
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    12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

  • Prov 30:15
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    15The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!” There are three things that will never be satisfied, four that have never said,“Enough”–

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

  • Job 35:11
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    11who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’