Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Bible References
Lest
Genesis 14:23
if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;
Judges 7:2
The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Mid'ianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has delivered me.'
Isaiah 48:5
so I have long ago declared them to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear them; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.
Zechariah 12:7
And Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified over Judah.
We
Job 12:2
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
Job 15:8
Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
Ezekiel 28:3
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
God
Job 1:21
and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!
Job 2:10
But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 4:9
By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.
Job 19:6
Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.