Proverbs 30:3

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I have not learned wisdom, nor can I have knowledge of the Holy One.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:10 : 10 The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
  • Isa 6:3 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Amos replied to Amaziah,“I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees. 15 Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission,‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered him,“You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!
  • John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to all the fullness of God.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 To the Church in Philadelphia“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:
  • Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty? 8 It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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  • Prov 30:2
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    2Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

  • Job 42:3
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    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 12:3
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    3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

  • Prov 30:4
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    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!

  • Ps 139:6
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    6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

  • Job 28:12-14
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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

    14The deep says,‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says,‘It is not with me.’

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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

  • Job 34:35
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    35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

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

  • Ps 92:6
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    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

  • Prov 9:10
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    10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

  • Job 36:3
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    3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

  • Job 32:13-14
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    71%

    13So do not say,‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

  • Job 32:9
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    9It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

  • Job 34:32
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    32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16Futility of Secular Wisdom I thought to myself,“I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”

    17So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

    18For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
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    23Human Wisdom is Limited I have examined all this by wisdom; I said,“I am determined to comprehend this”– but it was beyond my grasp.

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

    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Ps 73:16
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    16When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

  • Job 39:17
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    17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.

  • Job 38:2
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    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

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

  • Ps 73:22
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    22I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

  • Job 13:2
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    2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

  • Job 26:3
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    3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

  • Job 11:8
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    8It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

  • Job 10:7
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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?

  • Ps 73:11
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    11They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?”

  • Ps 144:3
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    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

  • Prov 5:13
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    13For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

  • Ps 131:1
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    1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

  • Jer 4:22
    69%

    22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

  • Job 9:32
    69%

    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • Job 38:36
    69%

    36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

  • Isa 29:12
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    12Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”

  • 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,

  • Rom 3:11
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    11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

  • Job 17:10
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    10Anticipation of Death“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

  • Job 36:26
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    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • Job 21:22
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    22Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?