8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? 9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us? 10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
Job 15:8–10
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Sirach 1:5–7
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Job 26:3–5
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! 4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? 5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Job 8:9–11
9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding? 11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
1 Corinthians 14:35–37
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Job 10:3–5
3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? 4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees? 5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
Job 12:2–4
2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! 3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man…
Job 38:35–37
35 Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? 36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? 37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Job 21:21–23
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? 22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high? 23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
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