Thematic Bible: Danger of
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips. The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
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Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
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Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
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The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
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Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Vanity of human
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
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Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
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Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of, exhausting
And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Adds to the burden of life
Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Begets pride
Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Tends to presumption
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever. So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
Knowledge » Danger of » Desire for, a source of temptation
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.