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18 For the price of wisdom is above that of precious stones. Nor can colored gems, emeralds, and diamonds equal it. 19 For the price of wisdom is above everything, and nothing can equal it. The pearls of Ethiopia and the topaz cannot equal it. 20 Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? 21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the report of it with our ears. 23 Because only God understands the way of it, and he knows the place thereof. 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven; 25 For he made a weight for the wind, and meted it out by the measure. 26 He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning and the thunder. 27 Then he saw it, and declared it; he measured it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And to man he said, Behold, the reverence of God, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Job 28:18-28, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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