Then shall He declare to you the power of wisdom, for it shall be double of that which is with you; and then shall you know, that a just recompense of your sins has come to you from the Lord.

The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children forever, to do all the words of this law.

The Lord is the strength of them that fear Him; and His covenant is to manifest [truth] to them.

For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord, neither does he sit among the righteous.

For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen His word? Who has hearkened, and heard?

For the Lord God will do nothing without revealing instruction to His servants the prophets.

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.

He answered and said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world."

No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

"For who has known [the] mind of the LORD? Or who has been His counselor?"

[] Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to [the] revelation of [the] mystery kept secret since the world began,

[] but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, for obedience to the faith--

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

So then you [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you?

Oh that you would be silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.

But hear now the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.