Job 28:28, Jer 8:9 | ESV | STEP | And he said to man , Behold , the fear of the Lord , that is wisdom , and to turn away from evil is understanding .

a Deut. 4:6; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 1:7; [Eccles. 12:13]

Job 28:28

28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, ^athe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to ^bturn away from evil is understanding.’”

Jeremiah 8:9

9 ^cThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^dand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?