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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Passage Lookup: Job 12
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Job 12:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 12:2
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No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
Job 12:3
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But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who doesn't know the things you are talking about?[a](a)
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Job 12:4
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I am a laughingstock to my[b] friends, by calling on God, who answers me.[c] The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.(b)
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Job 12:5
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The one who is at ease(c) holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
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Job 12:6
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The tents of robbers are safe,(d) and those who provoke God are secure; God's power provides this.[d](e)
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Job 12:7
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But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.(f)
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Job 12:8
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Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Job 12:9
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Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?(g)
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Job 12:10
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The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.(h)
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Job 12:11
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Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
Job 12:12
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Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.(i)
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Job 12:13
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Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.(j)
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Job 12:14
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Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever He imprisons cannot be released.(k)
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Job 12:15
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When He withholds the waters, everything dries up, and when He releases them, they destroy the land.(l)
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Job 12:16
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True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job 12:17
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He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.(m)
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Job 12:18
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He releases the bonds[e] put on by kings(n) and fastens a belt around their waists.
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Job 12:19
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He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows established leaders.(o)
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Job 12:20
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He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders' good judgment.
Job 12:21
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He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms[f] the strong.
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Job 12:22
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He reveals mysteries from the darkness and brings the deepest darkness into the light.(p)
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Job 12:23
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He makes nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges nations,(q) then leads them away.
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Job 12:24
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He deprives the world's leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.(r)
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Job 12:25
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They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men.(s)
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