Thematic Bible: Danger of
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she persuaded him. He went after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, until the arrow pierces through his liver. He is as a bird struggling in the snare and not knowing that it is against his own life.
The man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of
Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;
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yea, if thou criest for understanding and givest thy voice unto intelligence, if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Blessed is the man that has found wisdom and who brings to light intelligence,
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Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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The heart of him that has understanding seeks wisdom, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
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Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Vanity of human
And if anyone thinks that they know anything, they know nothing yet as they ought to know.
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that undoes the signs of the fortune tellers and makes the diviners mad; that turns the wise men backward and makes their wisdom fade away;
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Charity is never lost, but prophecies shall come to an end, tongues shall cease, and knowledge shall come to an end.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of, exhausting
My son, in addition to this, be admonished: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Adds to the burden of life
For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Begets pride
Now as concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Tends to presumption
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever, therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
Knowledge » Danger of » Desire for, a source of temptation
For God knows that in the day ye eat of it then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of covetousness to understand, she took of its fruit and ate and gave also unto her husband with her; and he ate.