Thematic Bible: Danger of


Thematic Bible



She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare till an arrow pierces his liver -- like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps. Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping


indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding -- if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.


Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. Verse ConceptsStudyAcquiring WisdomNot Forgettingwise

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge


If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeDrawbacks To KnowledgeInformation Age

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish, Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools


Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body. Verse ConceptsFatigueStudying The BibleEternal TruthFruitless LearningTired In ActivityMental HealthAddictionEducationStudyingReading The Bibledevotionresearch

For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache. Verse ConceptsWorldly WisdomDrawbacks To KnowledgeDrawbacks To WisdomHeartacheDepressionWorry And StressAnxiety And StressLoneliness And Depressiongrievinglonliness

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Verse ConceptsAcademicsPride, OriginArrogance, In The ChurchBuilding Up The ChurchKnowingDrawbacks To Knowledge

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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