In the book of Job we find the question, "Where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?" Job then goes on to argue that these cannot be found in materiality, and that they are too precious to be purchased by gold, sapphires, or rubies; and all this leads up to the declaration that in God alone can wisdom and understanding be found. Job was at this time passing through a great struggle, so we are told, with physical suffering and the loss of all his earthly possession, as well as the sudden death of his sons and daughters.
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