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11     Listen! Aren’t we made to be discriminating:
        our ears testing wisdom, our mouths tasting food?

Shouldn’t wisdom come with old age? Not necessarily. Only God has wisdom; we merely fool ourselves into thinking we are wise.

12     But you tell me, “With age comes wisdom,
        and a long life grants understanding.”
13     With God is the sum total of all wisdom and of all power;
        His is the greatest of plans and the deepest of comprehensions.

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11 Does not the ear test words
    as the tongue tastes food?(A)
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(B)
    Does not long life bring understanding?(C)

13 “To God belong wisdom(D) and power;(E)
    counsel and understanding are his.(F)

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