19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Job 28:19–21
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Job 28:11–13
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light. 12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? 13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Baruch 3:14–16
14 Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, and where there is understanding, that you may also know where there is length of days and life, where there is the light of the eyes and peace. (WEB) 15 Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries? (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 7:23–25
23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. 24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? 25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity…
Sirach 20:29–31
29 Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs. (WEB) 30 Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is out of sight— what profit is in either of them? (WEB) 31 Better is a man who hides his folly than a man who hides his wisdom. (WEB)
Job 38:18–20
18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, 20 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
Sirach 1:5–7
5 The word of God most high is the fountain of wisdom; and her ways are everlasting commandments. (KJV) 6 To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed? Who has known her shrewd counsels? (WEB) 7 [Unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom been made manifest? and who hath understood… (KJV)
Proverbs 8:10–12
10 Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. 12 I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Baruch 3:30–32
30 Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold? (WEB) 31 There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path. (WEB) 32 But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time… (WEB)
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