Job 32:8

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Job 32:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 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.

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

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

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

10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’

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Job 4:15

Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

Job 4:16

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Job 4:18

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Job 4:20

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

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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

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behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

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1 Corinthians 2:11

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Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.