1 Corinthians 3:20

²⁰ And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

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Job 32:12–14

¹² I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments. ¹³ So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’ ¹⁴ But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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