Thematic Bible: May become a hinderance instead of a help to men
Thematic Bible
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » The pursuit of encouraged
And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Vanity of human
And if any man thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Charity never faileth: but whether there are prophecies, they shall fail; whether there are languages, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Pursuit of, exhausting
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Adds to the burden of life
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Begets pride
Now as concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Tends to presumption
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man hath become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he should put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Desire for, a source of temptation
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened: and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.