Job 11:12

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Summary

Job 11:12

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

For vain

Would

James 3:13

Man be

Job 15:14

Psalm 51:5

Ephesians 2:3

A wild

Job 6:5

Job 39:5

Jeremiah 2:24

General references

Psalm 94:11

Bible References

For vain

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: if laid on the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.

A senseless man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.

I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Would

He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended.

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

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

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

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

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

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good life his works with meekness of wisdom.

Man be

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

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

Among whom also we all had our behavior 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 others.

A wild

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?

A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs in the wind in her desire; in her mating time who can turn her away? all they 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.