Job 12:2

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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.

"For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.

"Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?

"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.

I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.

I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

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

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,