Job 32:13
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13 (A)Lest you say,
‘We have found wisdom’;
God will vanquish him, not man.
Jeremiah 9:23
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23 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (B)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
1 Corinthians 3:18
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Avoid Worldly Wisdom
18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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1 Corinthians 1:27-29
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27 But (A)God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the [a]base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:28 insignificant or lowly
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
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19 For it is written:
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the (D)wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
John 19:11
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11 Jesus answered, (A)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (B)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
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Zechariah 12:7
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7 “The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah.
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Ezekiel 28:3
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3 (Behold, (A)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
Isaiah 48:7
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7 They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
Isaiah 48:5
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5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
Job 19:21
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21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
Job 19:6
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6 Know then that (A)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
Job 15:8-10
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8 (A)Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (B)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 (C)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
Job 12:2
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2 “No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
Job 6:4
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4 (A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.
Job 4:9
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9 By the blast of God they perish,
And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.
Job 2:10
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10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. (A)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (B)In all this Job did not (C)sin with his lips.
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Job 1:21
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21 And he said:
(A)“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord (B)gave, and the Lord has (C)taken away;
(D)Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Judges 7:2
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2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel (A)claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
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Genesis 14:23
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23 that (A)I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—
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