A poem standing alone in the book. A search for where wisdom is quarried. Men know how to find everything else: 'there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine,' iron out of the earth and copper molten from the stone; the miner sets an end to darkness, overturns mountains by the roots, and his eye sees every precious thing. 'But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?' (28:12). The deep saith, It is not in me; the sea saith, It is not with me. God alone understands its way. 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding' (28:28).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Unknown — Job overview

A. 1–11 Miners Cut Shafts in the Rock for Silver and Gold
B. 12–22 But Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
C. 23–28 God Understandeth the Way Thereof: the Fear of the Lord Is Wisdom

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Job 286 verses
- Job 28:12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
- Job 28:14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
- Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- Job 28:20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
- Job 28:21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Read Job 28 →
Proverbs 85 verses
- Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
- Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- Read Proverbs 8 →
James 12 verses
- James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Read James 1 →
Proverbs 32 verses
- Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- Read Proverbs 3 →

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Proverbs 21 verse
- Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
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Romans 111 verse
- Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Read Romans 11 →
Ezekiel 281 verse
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
- Read Ezekiel 28 →
1 Peter 11 verse
- 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Read 1 Peter 1 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.