Quotes About Understanding

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

And He said to man, ëBehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.í”

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

Therefore I say, ëListen to me; I too will declare what I know.í

Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

So do not claim, ëWe have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.í

But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

Jobís friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?