Verse 20

He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:9 : 9 Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
  • Job 12:24 : 24 He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
  • Job 39:17 : 17 Because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has He imparted to her understanding.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.
  • Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For indeed, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the support and the staff, the whole support of bread and the whole support of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the wise, and the elder, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skilled craftsman, and the eloquent orator.