Verse 20

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:9 : 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
• Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
• Job 12:24 : 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
• Job 39:17 : 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
• Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
• Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.