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Job 26:3

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

To whom hast thou given counsel? perchance to him that hath not wisdom? To 'give counsel to one that is foolish' is an office of charity, to give it to one that is wise, of ostentation; but to give it to Wisdom Itself, of wrongmindedness; and because those who we have said bear the likeness of heretics, by their mode of speech, were administering to ostentation rather than to usefulness, it is yet further added rightly against Bildad, And shewn thine own prudence overmuch. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then, as for the favor which is shown to someone because of the defect of wisdom, we should consider that this favor is twofold. On the one hand, in that one gives counsel to someone about things to be done, and he speaks to this theme saying, "To whom have you given counsel?" Someone seems to give counsel to another when he defends his cause without reason. …

Commentary on Job ↗