Job 28:20-28

20From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

21It is hidden from the eyes of all the living And concealed from the birds of the heavens.

22Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, ‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’

23“God understands the way [to wisdom] And He knows its place [for wisdom is with God alone].

24For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.

25When He gave weight and pressure to the wind And allotted the waters by measure,

26When He made a limit for the rain And a way for the thunderbolt,

27Then He saw wisdom and declared it; He established it and searched it out.

28But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”