Job 12:2

²¹Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

⁶that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

¹²An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

²⁴“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error. ²⁵How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

⁵I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

²“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

⁷I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’ ⁸But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit^[+] of the Almighty gives them understanding. ⁹It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. ¹⁰Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’ ¹¹“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say. ¹²Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you. ¹³Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

²“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

¹⁰We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.