Thematic Bible: May become a hinderance instead of a help to men
Thematic Bible
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » The pursuit of encouraged
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;
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.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Vanity of human
If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
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,
Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Pursuit of, exhausting
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.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Adds to the burden of life
For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Begets pride
With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Tends to presumption
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.
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Desire for, a source of temptation
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.