Job 12:2

With biting irony Job says his friends are the people and wisdom will die with them. He mocks their air of superior insight.

Cross-references · 14

• Isa 5:21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
• Job 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
• Job 17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
• Job 6:24–25Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
• Job 32:7–13I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
• Job 8:8–10For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
• Prov 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
• Job 20:3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
• Job 17:10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
• Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
• 1 Cor 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
• Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
• 1 Cor 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

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