Job 11:12

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

Job 39:5-8

Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey

Psalm 73:22

So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

Job 5:13

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Job 6:5

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?

Job 12:2-3

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 28:28

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Psalm 62:9-10

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.

Proverbs 30:2-4

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,

Romans 12:16

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

James 2:20

But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

James 3:13-17

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

For vain

Psalm 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.
Psalm 73:22
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became foolish,
James 2:20
But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

Would

Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Job 12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 28:28
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
Romans 12:16
thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.

Man be

Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

A wild

Job 6:5
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
Job 39:5
Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

General references

Psalm 94:11
LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.