Proverbs 30:2
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2 I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was so foolish and ignorant—
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
1 Corinthians 3:18
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18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.
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2 Peter 2:12-16
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12 These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed. 13 Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception[a] even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals. 14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse. 15 They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor,[b] who loved to earn money by doing wrong. 16 But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
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James 1:5
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5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
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1 Corinthians 8:2
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2 Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much.
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Romans 11:25
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God’s Mercy Is for Everyone
25 I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters,[a] so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
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- 11:25 Greek brothers.
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Isaiah 6:5
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5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
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Proverbs 5:12
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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
Psalm 92:6
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6 Only a simpleton would not know,
and only a fool would not understand this:
Psalm 49:10
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10 Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.
Job 42:3-6
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3 You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.
4 You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!
I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.’
5 I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
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