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Job 12:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.

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He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.

It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.

because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.