This morning I ran across this verse and decided to memorize it. In Job 28, the book's namesake alludes to the precious metals to be found in the earth and declares that wisdom and understanding are treasures hidden from man and that man cannot buy them. "Whence then cometh wisdom?" he asks, "and where is the place of understanding?" (verse 20). God is the source of wisdom, says Job:
"Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." [Job 28:28]
Good verse, I think. Reminds me of Alma's injunction to his son Helaman to "learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God" (Alma 37:35). Wisdom, then, is obedience and fear of the Lord.
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