Job 12:2 Cross References - WEB

² “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

²⁴ “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error. ²⁵ How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

⁸ “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. ⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.) ¹⁰ Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

² “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

⁶ that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

¹² An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

² “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you will not exalt them.

¹⁰ But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

³ I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

⁷ I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’ ⁸ But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding. ⁹ It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. ¹⁰ Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’ ¹¹ “Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say. ¹² Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you. ¹³ Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

⁵ I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?