Job 11:12

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Job 11:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

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Psalms 62:9

Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Psalms 62:10

Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Psalms 73:22

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Psalms 92:6

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

James 2:20

O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Job 12:2

“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

Job 12:3

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Job 28:28

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Proverbs 30:3

I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

1 Corinthians 3:20

And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

James 3:14

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

James 3:15

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Psalms 51:5

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Job 6:5

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Job 39:6

I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

Job 39:7

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:8

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.