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
that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’
Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag: ‘I did it myself.’
Isaiah 48:5 therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
Zechariah 12:7
The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of David’s house and the glory of Jerusalem’s residents may not be greater than that of Judah.
We
Job 12:2 No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you!
and wisdom will die with you!
Job 15:8 Do you listen in on the council of God,
or have a monopoly on wisdom?
or have a monopoly on wisdom?
Isaiah 5:21 Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.
and clever in their own sight.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the Lord says:
The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
Ezekiel 28:3 Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you!
no secret is hidden from you!
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written:
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
1 Corinthians 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
God
Job 1:21
saying:
Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.
Job 2:10
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
Job 4:9 They perish at a single blast from God
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.
Job 6:4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me
and caught me in His net.
and caught me in His net.
John 19:11 “You would have no authority over Me at all,” Jesus answered him, “if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”