Job 11:12
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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James 3:13-17
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Wisdom from Above
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? (A)By his good conduct let him show his works (B)in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter (C)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (D)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (E)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But (F)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (G)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (H)full of mercy and good fruits, (I)impartial and (J)sincere.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but (A)beasts.
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Psalm 73:22
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Job 39:5-8
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5 “Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has (A)loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 to whom I have given (B)the arid plain for his home
and (C)the salt land for his dwelling place?
7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
8 He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
Ephesians 2:3
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3 among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
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- Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
- Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. (B)If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For (C)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (D)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, (E)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
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Romans 12:16
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16 (A)Live in harmony with one another. (B)Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.[a] (C)Never be wise in your own sight.
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- Romans 12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks
Romans 1:22
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22 (A)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Jeremiah 2:24
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24 (A)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.
Proverbs 30:2-4
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2 Surely I am too (A)stupid to be a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of (B)the Holy One.
4 Who has (C)ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has (D)gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has (E)wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all (F)the ends of the earth?
(G)What is his name, and what is his son's name?
Surely you know!
Psalm 92:6
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6 The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this:
Psalm 62:9-10
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Psalm 51:5
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5 Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job 15:14
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14 (A)What is man, (B)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (C)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Job 12:2-3
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2 “No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have (A)understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know (B)such things as these?
Job 6:5
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5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
Job 5:13
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13 He (A)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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