Job 15:8
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8 Were you listening at God’s secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Romans 11:34
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34 For who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to give him advice?[a]
Jeremiah 23:18
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18 “Have any of these prophets been in the Lord’s presence
to hear what he is really saying?
Has even one of them cared enough to listen?
1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 For,
“Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to teach him?”[a]
But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 2:9-11
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9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love him.”[a]
10 But[b] it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. 11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.
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Romans 16:25-26
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25 Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time. 26 But now as the prophets[a] foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him.
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- 16:26 Greek the prophetic writings.
John 15:15
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15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
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Matthew 13:35
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35 This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:
“I will speak to you in parables.
I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.[a]”
Matthew 13:11
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11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.
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- 13:11 Greek the mysteries.
Matthew 11:25
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Jesus’ Prayer of Thanksgiving
25 At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.
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Amos 3:7
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7 Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.
Proverbs 3:32
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32 Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly.
Psalm 25:14
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14 The Lord is a friend to those who fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.
Job 29:4
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4 When I was in my prime,
God’s friendship was felt in my home.
Job 13:5-6
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5 If only you could be silent!
That’s the wisest thing you could do.
6 Listen to my charge;
pay attention to my arguments.
Job 12:2
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2 “You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Job 11:6
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6 If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom is not a simple matter.
Listen! God is doubtless punishing you
far less than you deserve!
Deuteronomy 29:29
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29 “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
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