Quotes About Wisdom

The house he built is like a mothís cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

No bird of prey knows that path; no falconís eye has seen it.

Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

The ocean depths say, ëIt is not in me,í while the sea declares, ëIt is not with me.í

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

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.

Abaddon and Death say, ëWe have heard a rumor about it.í

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.

When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

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”

And Job continued his discourse:

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,