Thematic Bible: Danger of
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him. He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool, until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
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For if you cry out for understanding, [if] you lift your voice for insight, if you seek her like silver and search her out {like treasure}, then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.
Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.
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Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.
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The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.
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Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Vanity of human
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.
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who frustrates [the] signs of oracle priests and makes a fool of diviners, who drives [the] wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
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Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of, exhausting
My son, be careful {about anything beyond these things}. For the writing of books is endless, and too much study {is wearisome}.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Adds to the burden of life
For in much wisdom [is] much frustration, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Begets pride
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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Knowledge » Danger of » Tends to presumption
And Yahweh God said, "Look--the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. {What if} he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?" And Yahweh God sent him out 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 on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.