Job 11:12

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.

Job 39:5-8

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

Psalm 73:22

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

Job 6:5

"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?

Job 12:2-3

"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Job 15:14

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 28:28

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Psalm 51:5

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

Psalm 62:9-10

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 92:6

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 30:2-4

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

James 2:20

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

James 3:13-17

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

For vain

Psalm 62:9
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Psalm 73:22
I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.
Psalm 92:6
The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.
Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
James 2:20
But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Would

Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
Job 12:2
"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 28:28
And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

Man be

Job 15:14
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 51:5
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Ephesians 2:3
among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

A wild

Job 6:5
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
Job 39:5
Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,
Jeremiah 2:24
You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

General references

Psalm 94:11
The Lord knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt.

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