Isaiah 40:14

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Whom did He consult, and who gave Him understanding? Who taught Him the path of justice, or showed Him knowledge, or instructed Him in the way of understanding?

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  • Job 21:22 : 22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
  • 1 Cor 12:4-6 : 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different kinds of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of workings, but the same God works all of them in all people.

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  • Isa 40:12-13
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    12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?

    13Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?

  • 34Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

  • Job 26:3-4
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    3How have you advised without wisdom and provided abundant insight?

    4To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

  • 13"With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His."

  • 2Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 9Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast?

  • 3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 36:22-23
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    22Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

    23Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • Job 38:36-37
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    36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?

    37Who can count the clouds with wisdom or tilt the water jars of the heavens,

  • 26His God instructs him and teaches him the proper way.

  • 22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?

  • 10Does He who disciplines nations not rebuke? Does He who teaches mankind knowledge not know?

  • Isa 11:2-3
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    2The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and reverence for the LORD.

    3And his delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear.

  • 14Counsel and wisdom belong to me; I have understanding and strength.

  • 6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • 13Who appointed Him over the earth? Or who gave Him charge over the whole world?

  • 12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • 20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

  • 17"He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."

  • 12Who is the one who fears the LORD? He will instruct them in the way they should choose.

  • 4The Sovereign LORD has given me the tongue of the learned, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen like one being taught.

  • 18For who has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has paid attention to His word and obeyed it?

  • 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

  • 26Who has declared this from the beginning that we might know, or in advance that we might say ‘He is right’? No one proclaimed it, no one announced it, no one heard any words from you.

  • 4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!

  • 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky.

  • 29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, whose counsel is wonderful and whose wisdom is magnificent.

  • 9Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning.

  • 21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundations of the earth?

  • 9Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

  • 15He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  • 18The LORD revealed their plans to me, and I knew what they were plotting, for he showed me their deeds.

  • 14Behold, these are but the edges of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we hear of him! But the thunder of his power—who can understand?

  • 3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • 2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

  • 15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

  • 16Do you understand the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of Him who has perfect knowledge?

  • 18To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

  • 17This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.'

  • 31He has filled him with the Spirit of God, granting him wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill in all kinds of crafts.

  • 2Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He delivers nations before him and subdues kings. He turns them to dust with his sword, and like scattered straw with his bow.

  • 20so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

  • 24Those who are confused in spirit will gain understanding, and those who complain will learn instruction.