Job 12:12
Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
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Genesis 4:1
And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 4:32
Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.
Deuteronomy 32:7
Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.
Job 15:18
(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
Psalms 44:1
To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil. It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,
Psalms 78:3
Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.
Psalms 78:4
We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
Joel 1:2
Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Romans 15:4
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
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Deuteronomy 30:20
In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Psalms 23:6
Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.
Psalms 34:11
Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.
Psalms 34:12
What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?
Psalms 91:16
With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
Psalms 92:14
They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
Proverbs 3:2
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
Isaiah 65:20
No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.
Lamentations 5:20
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
Titus 2:2
That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.
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2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?
2 Samuel 17:5
Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.
Jeremiah 43:2
Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:
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1 Kings 12:9
And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
1 Kings 12:10
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
1 Kings 12:11
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
1 Kings 12:12
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
1 Kings 12:13
And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
1 Kings 12:14
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
1 Kings 12:15
So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.
Job 26:12
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
Job 32:4
Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;
Job 32:10
So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.
Job 32:11
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
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1 Kings 20:39
And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.
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2 Chronicles 10:6
Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
Proverbs 12:15
The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
Proverbs 19:20
Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
Jeremiah 42:20
For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
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2 Chronicles 36:17
So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
1 John 2:14
I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
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Job 11:12
And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
Job 12:2
No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.
Job 12:3
But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
Job 12:4
It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
Job 12:6
There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
Job 13:12
Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.
Job 21:7
Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
Jeremiah 49:7
About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?
John 7:49
But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.
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Job 12:18
He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;
Psalms 100:2
Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.
Isaiah 64:5
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
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Job 12:23
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
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Job 34:14
If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
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Proverbs 1:1
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Proverbs 1:2
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
Proverbs 1:3
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
Proverbs 1:4
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
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Luke 7:3
And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.
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