Quotes About Insight

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

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

I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.

For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.í

Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:

ëJob speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.í

And Elihu went on to say:

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?í

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”