I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves are beasts one to another.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

But, O vain man, dost thou desire to know that faith without works is dead?

Would

He takes the wise in their own prudence, and the counsel of his adversaries is turned to folly.

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

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

Surely I am more carnal than any man and have not the understanding of a man.

Be unanimous among yourselves, not high minded, but accommodating the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you seems to be wise in this age, let them become a fool that they may be wise.

Who is wise and ready among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom.

Man be

What is man that he should be clean and that he that is born of a woman should be justified?

Behold, the pain of my iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.

among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath, even as all the others.

A wild

Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder?

Who freed the wild ass, and who loosed its bands?

a wild ass used to the wilderness that breaths according to the desire of her soul; from her lust, who shall stop her? All those that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

General references

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.