Job 11:12

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

Job 39:5-8

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

Psalm 73:22

So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as 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 but as beasts.

Job 5:13

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Job 6:5

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox 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 that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive 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 knoweth not; Neither doth 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 ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

James 3:13-17

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

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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 brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth 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 but as beasts.
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

Would

Job 5:13
He taketh 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 unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the 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
Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

Man be

Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Ephesians 2:3
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--

A wild

Job 6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

General references

Psalm 94:11
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

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