James 3:15

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Summary

James 3:15

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Wisdom

Philippians 3:19

Devilish

Revelation 12:9

General references

Bible References

Wisdom

The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, forbearing, conciliatory, full of mercy and wholesome fruit, unambiguous, straightforward;

Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his.

God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.

you are still worldly. For with jealousy and quarrels in your midst, are you not worldly, are you not behaving like ordinary men?

Destruction is their fate, the belly is their god, they glory in their shame, these men of earthly mind!

Devilish

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all good, full of all craft and all cunning, will you never stop diverting the straight paths of the Lord?

but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.

he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

These are the people who set up divisions and distinctions, sensuous creatures, destitute of the Spirit.

they had a king over them, the angel of the abyss ??his Hebrew name is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.

So the huge dragon was thrown down ??that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world ??thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.

General references

(Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)

And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods.

Ah, I know what I will do, so that people will welcome me to their houses when I am deposed from the factorship.'

As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law ??it is accursed!"

since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

(whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another).