Job 28:20

Webster's Bible (1833)

Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:12 : 12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
  • Job 28:23 : 23 "God understands its way, And he knows its place.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Eccl 7:23-24 : 23 All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me. 24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
  • 1 Cor 2:6-9 : 6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, Which didn't enter into the heart of man, These God has prepared for those who love him." 10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit. 12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. 14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-15
    4 verses
    93%

    12"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

    14The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

    15It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

  • Job 38:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,

    20That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

    2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands.

  • Job 28:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

    18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

  • Job 28:21
    77%

    21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.

  • Job 38:36
    77%

    36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

  • Job 28:28
    76%

    28To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God.

    6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • Eccl 7:24
    76%

    24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

  • Prov 8:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

    12"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

  • Job 28:23
    75%

    23"God understands its way, And he knows its place.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    75%

    20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Job 20:4
    74%

    4Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,

  • Job 42:3
    74%

    3You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

  • Prov 4:7
    74%

    7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

  • Job 12:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.

    13"With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

  • Job 38:4
    74%

    4"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

    7That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

  • Prov 16:16
    74%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

  • Job 6:13
    74%

    13Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • Job 28:1
    74%

    1"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.

    14For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

    8They are high as heaven. What can you do? Deeper than Sheol: what can you know?

  • Job 38:2
    73%

    2"Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

  • Prov 1:20
    73%

    20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

    16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?

  • Job 12:3
    73%

    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

  • Job 26:3
    72%

    3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3I have not learned wisdom, Neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Prov 2:3
    72%

    3Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, And is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Job 4:21
    72%

    21Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'