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 the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.

So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.

A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.

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

Professing 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 wily is carried headlong.

For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.

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

Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.

Man be

What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he 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 we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

A wild

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

Who has sent out the wild ass free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass,

a wild ass used to the wilderness; in the desire of her passion she snuffs at the wind; in her time who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not tire themselves; in her month they will find her.

General references

Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain.