Job 28:23–28

23  Only God understands the way to wisdom,

and he alone knows where it lives,

24  because he looks to the farthest parts of the earth

and sees everything under the sky.

25  When God gave power to the wind

and measured the water,

26  when he made rules for the rain

and set a path for a thunderstorm to follow,

27  then he looked at wisdom and decided its worth;

he set wisdom up and tested it.

28  Then he said to humans,

‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom;

to stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”