Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
“Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say. I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job or who answered his words.
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
“I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us? Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.
“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out. For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?
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