Proverbs 17:24
A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective, but a fool looks only to earthly goals.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all.
Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.
Proverbs 15:14
A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on stupidity.
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.
Proverbs 23:5
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
It is better to focus on what you can see than to meander after your self-interest; this also is pointless and a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is really wise? Who knows how to interpret this saying: "A person's wisdom improves his appearance, softening a harsh countenance."
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.
1 John 2:16
For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.