Job 36:5

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Job 36:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

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Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

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Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

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Job 9:19

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Job 12:14

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Job 12:15

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Job 12:16

True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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Job 26:13

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Psalms 147:5

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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:25

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1 Corinthians 1:26

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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 1:28

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,