Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
Proverbs 14:6
The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
Proverbs 15:14
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
Proverbs 23:5
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Ecclesiastes 6:9
It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one's heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile -- like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person's wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
1 John 2:16
because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.