Thematic Bible: Danger of
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Flattery » Danger of
She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him. All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of
For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,
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if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and learn to know God.
How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,
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Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth!
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A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on stupidity.
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Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Vanity of human
If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.
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who frustrates the omens of idle talkers, and drives diviners mad, who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;
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Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of, exhausting
So learn from them, my son. There is no end to the crafting of many books, and too much study wearies the body.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Adds to the burden of life
For with much wisdom there is much sorrow; the more someone adds to knowledge, the more someone adds to grief.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Begets pride
Now concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Tends to presumption
Later, the LORD God said, "Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won't reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever " therefore the LORD God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken.
Knowledge » Danger of » Desire for, a source of temptation
"Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.