Job 12:2 Cross References - MSB

² “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

²⁴ Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred. ²⁵ How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

⁸ Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers. 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?

² “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

⁶ and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

¹² But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

² “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

¹⁰ But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

³ I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

⁷ I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom. 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.’ ¹¹ Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words, 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.’

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

⁵ I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?