Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”
“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
“Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
“I will show you, hear me; and what I have seen I will declare
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
Then Job answered:
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I command you this day for your good?