Job 12:3

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Job 12:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Job answered:

2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

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Job 13:2

What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 13:3

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Job 13:4

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Job 13:5

If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

2 Corinthians 11:5

I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 11:21

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2 Corinthians 11:22

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2 Corinthians 11:23

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Job 6:6

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Job 6:7

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Job 26:2

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Job 26:3

How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!