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But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? (12:3) I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn (12:4) He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease (12:5) The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] (12:6) But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: (12:7) Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee (12:8) Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? (12:9) In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind (12:10) Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? (12:11) With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding (12:12) With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding (12:13) Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening (12:14) Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth (12:15) With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his (12:16) He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools (12:17) He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle (12:18) He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty (12:19) He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged (12:20) He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty (12:21) He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death (12:22) He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again] (12:23) He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way (12:24) They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]
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