James 3:15

The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above

¹⁴ but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth: ¹⁵ such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal. ¹⁶ where false zeal, and a spirit of contention reign, there confusion and every vice prevail.

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James 1:17

every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:

Jude 1:19

these are they who distinguish themselves, though they are sensual, and have nothing that is spiritual.

1 Corinthians 3:19

for the wisdom of this world is folly, in the eye of God: as it is written, "he surprizes the wise in all their artifices."

2 Corinthians 1:12

for this is to me matter of glorying, the testimony of my conscience, that without artifice, and with religious sincerity, not by worldly wisdom, but by God's favourable assistance I have behaved my self towards all men, but more particularly to you.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the spirit says expresly, that in the latter times some shall abandon the faith, by giving credit to seducing spirits, and the doctrine concerning demons;

Luke 16:8

and this unfaithful steward was commended by his master for being so provident. for they who look to this world, manage their affairs with more prudence, than those who have a prospect of a better.

John 3:17

for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 8:44

you, who have the devil for your father, will execute the designs of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and deserted the truth, since he has no love for the truth: when he lyes, he speaks like himself: for he is a lyar, and the father of a lyar.

Acts 13:10

and said, "thou heap of imposture and mischief, offspring of the devil, and enemy to all justice, wilt thou not cease to pervers men from the right ways of the Lord?

Romans 1:22

pretending to be wise, they became fools:

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

for it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."

1 Corinthians 1:27

but God hath chosen those who are foolish in the opinion of the world, to confound the wise; and the weak men of the world to confound the mighty:

1 Corinthians 2:6-7

However, what we preach is wisdom, to those who are thoroughly instructed: yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who will soon come to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:14

but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still subject to your passions. since envy, and strife, and divisions are among you, are you not actuated by the vices of the animal part?

2 Corinthians 11:3

but I fear lest by some means or other, as Eve was beguiled by the subtilly of the serpent, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is due to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

for these are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguised so as to pass for true apostles.

Philippians 3:19

who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

who by the instigation of satan will make his parade with various arts, with fallacious signs and prodigies,

James 1:5

If any of you is deficient in prudence, let him ask it of God, who liberally gives to all without upbraiding: and he will give it.

James 3:17

but wisdom deriv'd from heaven is first dispassionate, then pacific, equitable, and obsequious: full of beneficence, and all social virtue, free from partiality, and hypocrisy.

1 John 3:8-10

he that lives in sin, imitates the devil; for the devil was a sinner from the beginning. for this purpose the son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 2:24

but I say to the rest that are in Thyatira, who do not follow this doctrine, and have not been initiated in the depths, as they are called, of satan, I will put upon you no other burden, but what you have:

Revelation 9:11

they had for their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek his name is Apollyon.

Revelation 12:9

the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.