Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."[5]
"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
"Behold, 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, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
Then Job answered and said:
Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight 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 am commanding you today for your good?