27 God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them, (WEB) 28 so they perished, because they had no wisdom. They perished through their own foolishness. (WEB) 29 Who has gone up into heaven, taken her, and brought her down from the clouds? (WEB)
Baruch 3:27–29
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Baruch 3:20–22
20 Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge, (WEB) 21 nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far off from their way. (WEB) 22 It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in… (WEB)
Baruch 6:41–43
41 If they shall see one mute who can’t speak, they bring him and ask him to call upon Bel, as though he were able to understand. (WEB) 42 Yet they can’t perceive this themselves, and forsake them; for they have no understanding. (WEB) 43 The women also with cords around them sit i… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 12:10–12
10 but judging them little by little you gave them a chance to repent, not being ignorant that their nature by birth was evil, their wickedness inborn, and that their manner of thought would never be changed. (WEB) 11 For they were a cursed seed from the beginning. It was… (WEB)
Job 4:20–21
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever. 21 Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Proverbs 1:28–30
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. 29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. 30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:20–22
20 Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.” (WEB) 21 Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them, (WEB) 22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, no… (WEB)
Job 39:16–18
16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain. 17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. 18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Job 34:26–28
26 He strikes them for their wickedness in full view, 27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways. 28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
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