James 3:15

The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above

¹⁴ But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth. ¹⁵ That is not the wisdom which comes from above; no, it is earthly, animal, devilish. ¹⁶ For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.

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James 1:17

Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the Lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.

Jude 1:19

These are the people--animal and unspiritual--who cause divisions.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For in God's sight this world's wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of-'One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,'

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, our main ground for satisfaction is this--Our conscience tells us that our conduct in the world, and still more in our relations with you, was marked by a purity of motive and a sincerity that were inspired by God, and was based, not on worldly policy, but on the help of God.

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

Luke 16:8

His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

John 8:44

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

Acts 13:10

"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!

Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For Scripture says-'I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will make of no account.'

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise men to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong things to shame,

1 Corinthians 2:6-7

Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of to-day, nor that of the leaders of to-day-men whose downfall is at hand.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.

1 Corinthians 3:3

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

2 Corinthians 11:3

Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

Men of this stamp are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as Apostles of Christ!

Philippians 3:19

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

For at the Coming of the Lord there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude--

James 1:5

If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is, before every thing else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity.

1 John 3:8-10

He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil's work.

Revelation 2:24

But I say to the rest of you at Thyatira--all who do not accept such teaching, whose who did not learn 'the secrets of Satan,' as men call them--I am not laying on you any further burden;

Revelation 9:11

They have as their king the Angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is 'Abaddon,' while, in Greek, his name is 'Apollyon' (the Destroyer).

Revelation 12:9

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.