Verse 20

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
• Job 17:4 : 4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.
• Job 12:24 : 24 He takes away understanding from 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, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
• Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
• Prov 12:19 : 19 Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
• Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
• Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; 2 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder, 3 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.