Proverbs 30:2
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2 (A)Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And do not have the understanding of a man.
Psalm 73:22
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22 (A)I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
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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2 Peter 2:12-16
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Depravity of False Teachers
12 But these, (A)like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13 (B)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (C)to [a]carouse in the daytime. (D)They are spots and blemishes, [b]carousing in their own deceptions while (E)they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of [c]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (F)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of (G)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
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- 2 Peter 2:13 revel
- 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
- 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress
James 1:5
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5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.
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1 Corinthians 8:2
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2 And (A)if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
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Romans 11:25
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25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be (A)wise in your own [a]opinion, that (B)blindness in part has happened to Israel (C)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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- Romans 11:25 estimation
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 (A)Everyone is (B)dull-hearted, without knowledge;
(C)Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
(D)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
Isaiah 6:5
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5 So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am [a]undone!
Because I am a man of (A)unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”
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- Isaiah 6:5 destroyed, cut off
Proverbs 5:12
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12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
Psalm 92:6
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6 (A)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
Psalm 49:10
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10 For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
Job 42:3-6
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3 You asked, (A)‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
(B)Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, (C)‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have (D)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I (E)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
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- Job 42:6 despise
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