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

General references

Galatians 5:15

Bible References

Wisdom

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him may be saved.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Devilish

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath his name Apollyon.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

General references

For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I deposit all my fruits and my goods.

I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

But this people who know not the law are cursed.

Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one by another.