Job 28:16-26

16 Even famous Ophir gold can't buy it, not even diamonds and sapphires.
17 Neither gold nor emeralds are comparable; extravagant jewelry can't touch it.
18 Pearl necklaces and ruby bracelets - why bother? None of this is even a down payment on Wisdom!
19 Pile gold and African diamonds as high as you will, they can't hold a candle to Wisdom.
20 "So where does Wisdom come from? And where does Insight live?
21 It can't be found by looking, no matter how deep you dig, no matter how high you fly.
22 If you search through the graveyard and question the dead, they say, 'We've only heard rumors of it.'
23 "God alone knows the way to Wisdom, he knows the exact place to find it.
24 He knows where everything is on earth, he sees everything under heaven.
25 After he commanded the winds to blow and measured out the waters,
26 Arranged for the rain and set off explosions of thunder and lightning,
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