23 Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand. (WEB) 24 For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip. (WEB) 25 There is no light without eyes. There is no wisdom without knowledge. (WEB)
Sirach 3:23–25
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Job 32:8–10
8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. 9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice. 10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
Sirach 19:21–23
21 If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him. (KJV) 22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel. (WEB) 23 There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination… (WEB)
Sirach 21:11–13
11 He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent. The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom. (WEB) 12 He who is not clever will not be instructed. There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound. (WEB) 13 The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood,… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 17:1–2
1 For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret; therefore undisciplined souls went astray. (WEB) 2 For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, kept close ben… (WEB)
Isaiah 42:19–21
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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.
Sirach 6:21–23
21 She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him. (WEB) 22 For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many. (WEB) 23 Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. (WEB)
Psalms 92:5–7
5 How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! 6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, 7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
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