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Job 8:8-10
“ Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.
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Job 4:12
“ This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
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Psalms 78:3-4
stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.
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Job 15:17-18
“ If you will listen, I will show you. I will answer you from my own experience.And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers—
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Job 12:9-25
For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.“ But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.Yes, strength and wisdom are his; deceivers and deceived are both in his power.He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools.He removes the royal robe of kings. They are led away with ropes around their waist.He leads priests away, stripped of status; he overthrows those with long years in power.He silences the trusted adviser and removes the insight of the elders.He pours disgrace upon princes and disarms the strong.“ He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.He builds up nations, and he destroys them. He expands nations, and he abandons them.He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Job 5:9-16
He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.He gives rain for the earth and water for the fields.He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer.He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed.He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.They find it is dark in the daytime, and they grope at noon as if it were night.He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
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1 John 1 3
We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
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Job 5:27
“ We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
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Job 42:3-6
You asked,‘ Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I— and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me.You said,‘ Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”