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Job 12 · BSB
12:1 Then Job answered:
12:2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
12:3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
12:5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
12:6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
12:7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
12:9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
12:10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
12:11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
12:13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
12:14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
12:15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
12:16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
12:17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
12:18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
12:19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
12:20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
12:21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
12:23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
12:24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
12:25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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…Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature, and the breath of all mankind.Job chapter 12 verses 7 to 10That last line is the one to carry with you. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. One hand, two kinds of life…
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…source for emotional strength. Look to the Lord. Who are you looking to for emotional strength in your life? Look to the Lord for his strength.Job chapter 12, verse 13says this, God is the real source of wisdom and strength. God is the real source. So why don't you keep, why do you keep asking other people for…
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…then the other date, the one after the dash, is also a date that we have no power in deciding, and that also is ultimately in the hands of God. InJob chapter 12, verse 10, it says, For the life of every living thing is in his hands and the breath of every human being. So God breathed his life into us at our…
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…on him, crying and weeping because his suffering was so great. In the smack middle of Job, in chapter 23, he says some of the most profound words.Job 12:23, he says, "I have not departed from the commandments of his lips talking about God. Even in my suffering. In my pain. I have not departed from the…
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…dependent on our obedience. We've been blessed by his mercy and grace and sovereign will. That's just the power that God has over all nations.Job chapter 12, verse 23says, He makes nations great and he destroys them. He enlarges nations and leads them away. That's just the power God has. That has nothing to do…
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…Light that appeals or refers to clarity and truth and darkness that refers to ignorance and blindness to the truth that's in front of them. InJob 12, verse 22, Job says, He uncovers deep things out of darkness. He brings the shadow of death to life. Light. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs, of…
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…light that appeals or refers to clarity and truth and darkness that refers to ignorance and blindness to the truth that's in front of them. InJob 12, verse 22, Job says, he uncovers deep things out of darkness. He brings the shadow of death to life, light. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs, of…
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…God has breathed life into them graciously. The psalmist understands this, his dependence upon God's grace to live. He understands what Job said inJob chapter 12 verse 10, where it proclaims about God in His hand is the life of every creature in the breath of all mankind. He's not a person who has ever lived. Who did…
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…with you through all of the events of our story of history. The next point is God is sovereign over creation. God is sovereign over creation.Job chapter 12, verse 10says, In his hands is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. Colossians 1, 16 through 17 says, For by him all things were…
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…going to go. Off but here's the thing, I believe that God is calling in us into a place of exposure and what does that look like? I want us to readJob chapter 12 verse 22. It says he uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings the shadow of death to light. I believe God is calling us to uncover our trauma in the…
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…she said, I have to think about this. You got Alexa? We got siri, we got the internet. We think we're so smart. But look at what the Bible says inJob 12:12; with the ancient is wisdom; And in the length of days understanding. They've lived longer than we have. And we live in a culture that says, you…
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…The Israelites did this. They would repeat to themselves over and over what God had done to them and for them. And then listen to the words injob chapter 12 verses 7 through 10says but ask the animals and they will teach you or the birds of the air and they will tell you or speak to the earth and it will teach you or let…
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…you because there are certain things when it comes to following Jesus you will not know until certain amount of years have passed in your life. SoJob chapter 12, verse 12says that wisdom is with the aged. But listen, we not only need people in our life who are older than we are, we need people in our life who are…
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…this let me talk to you very, very briefly about animal creatures since the life of every living thing is in the hand of God. According tojob, 12 verse 10. It's not a surprise or should not be a surprise to you or me to learn that God, maintains and uses his Creation. Yes, it does. Listen animals,…
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…way in verse 14. I have counsel and sound wisdom. I have insight. I have strength. These four exact attributes are attributed to God Himself inJob chapter 12 verse 13. It says, Not only this, wisdom describes herself as fathered by God, begotten by Him verses 22 to 25, existing from before the creation of the…
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…show some humility, and then God will take away the suffering that you have. You know, his friends look on that suffering with contempt. But inJob 12, verse 5, in his response, uh, he says this. He says, In the thought of one who is at ease, there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose…
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