In Job 13:5, Job says silence would be wisdom for the friends — reinforcing the mockery in 26:3 that their advice is worthless.

In Job 17:10, Job declares he will find no wise man among them — a direct follow-up to his sarcastic praise of their insight in 26:3.

In Job 32:11-13, Elihu notes the friends failed to answer Job — confirming the emptiness of their advice that Job mocked in 26:3.

In Job 38:2, God turns the tables, questioning Job's own counsel and knowledge — the same terms Job used sarcastically against his friends.

In Job 15:9, Eliphaz questions Job's knowledge — a mirror of Job's own sarcastic question to Bildad in 26:3. Both challenge the other's wisdom.

In Job 16:2, Job calls his friends 'miserable comforters' — directly related to his sarcastic question about their counsel in 26:3.

In Job 12:3, Job insists he is not inferior in wisdom — directly countering the implication in 26:3 that he is without wisdom.

In Job 15:8-10, Eliphaz claims superior wisdom — the very arrogance Job mocks in 26:3 by sarcastically praising their 'great insight'.

In Job 33:3, Elihu claims his words come from an upright heart — contrasting with the insincere 'insight' Job mocks in 26:3.