Job 11:12
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12 But the stupid will get understanding
when a wild ass is born human.[a]
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- 11.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
James 3:13-17
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Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.(A) 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(B) 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(C) 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(D)
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a]
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read dead or empty
Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18 I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing[a] them to show that they are but animals.(A)
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- 3.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(A)
Job 39:5-8
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5 “Who has let the wild ass go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,(A)
6 to which I have given the steppe for its home,
the salt land for its dwelling place?(B)
7 It scorns the tumult of the city;
it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8 It ranges the mountains as its pasture,
and it searches after every green thing.
Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.(A) 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(B)
20 and again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise,
that they are futile.”
Romans 12:16
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16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly;[a] do not claim to be wiser than you are.(A)
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- 12.16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks
Romans 1:22
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22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Jeremiah 2:24
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24 a wild ass at home in 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.(A)
Proverbs 30:2-4
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2 Surely I am too stupid to be human;
I do not have human understanding.(A)
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.[a](B)
4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
And what is the name of the person’s child?
Surely you know!(C)
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- 30.3 Or Holy One
Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
Psalm 62:9-10
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9 Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.(A)
10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(B)
Psalm 51:5
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5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(A)
Job 28:28
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28 And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”(A)
Job 15:14
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14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(A)
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 understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
Job 6:5
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5 Does the wild ass bray over its grass
or the ox low over its fodder?
Job 5:13
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13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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