Job 11:13-12:12
“If you prepare your heart,you will stretch out your hands toward him. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,and let not injustice dwell in your tents. Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;you will be secure and will not fear. You will forget your misery;you will remember it as waters that have passed away. And your life will be brighter than the noonday;its darkness will be like the morning. And you will feel secure, because there is hope;you will look around and take your rest in security. You will lie down, and none will make you afraid;many will court your favor. But the eyes of the wicked will fail;all way of escape will be lost to them,and their hope is to breathe their last.”
Then Job answered and said:
“No doubt you are the people,and wisdom will die with you. But I have understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not know such things as these? I am a laughingstock to my friends;I, who called to God and he answered me,a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;it is ready for those whose feet slip. The tents of robbers are at peace,and those who provoke God are secure,who bring their god in their hand.
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not knowthat the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thingand the breath of all mankind. Does not the ear test wordsas the palate tastes food? Wisdom is with the aged,and understanding in length of days.