Job 28
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 28:28 And he said to humankind, "Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding." 4
- 28:12 But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? 2
- 28:21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living creature, concealed even from the birds of the sky. 2
- 28:13 No human being knows its worth; it is not found in the land of the living. 1
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Where it is preached
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Job 28:28
…We have the like emphatical expressions used about the same thing in the Old Testament, Job 28:28: “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Tenth Stage cites Job 28:28
…if it be right; for so says the word, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10; Prov. 1:7; 9:10. Hopeful: How will you describe right fear? Christian…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 17 — Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence cites Job 28:21
…the wisdom which dwells in God, and the measure of wisdom which he has assigned to man (Job 28:21, 28). After discoursing of the secrets of nature, he says that wisdom “is hid from the…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Faith, Hope and Love cites JOB 28:28
…Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. JOB 28:28 He will not pretend that a short book can do what only a changed heart can. Proper…
- Portraits of Courage – Pandita Ramabai ·
Pandita cites Job 28:28
…“Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding” (Job 28:28, ASV). She did not know that answer yet. The Sanskrit Bible lay half-read among her…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Job 28:21
…of all, from the early days of Job and Moses to the conclusion of the canon of scripture. Job 28:21, 23, 28, “If wisdom be hid from the eyes of all the living, surely God understandeth the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ the Mediator of the Covenant cites Job 28:12
…wisdom be found? The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.’ Job 28:12. Where shall salvation be found? The angel says, It is not in me; mortality says, It is…
- Portraits of Courage – Pandita Ramabai ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Job 28:12-13
…she found that the sacred books held no hope for her as a woman. Scriptures to revisit Job 28:12-13, 28. Reflection 1. Where do people look for wisdom today? 2. What did Keshab Chandra…