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James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense.
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James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;
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1 Corinthians 2 14
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
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Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.
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James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God— who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly— and it will be given to him.
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2 Corinthians 1 12
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
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Jude 1:19
These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 2 6-1 Corinthians 2 7
We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.
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Jeremiah 4:22
“ For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.”
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2 Corinthians 11 13-2 Corinthians 11 15
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.
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1 Corinthians 1 19-1 Corinthians 1 20
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
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Luke 16:8
“ The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
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Revelation 2:24
I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known“ the so-called secrets of Satan”— as they say— I am not putting any other burden on you.
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1 Corinthians 1 27
Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
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2 Samuel 13 3
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
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1 Timothy 4 1
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Acts 13:10
and said,“ You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
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Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
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2 Samuel 15 31
Then someone reported to David,“ Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”“ LORD,” David pleaded,“ please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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1John 3:8-10
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Revelation 9:11
They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
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2 Corinthians 11 3
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
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John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Genesis 3:1-5
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“ Did God really say,‘ You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”The woman said to the serpent,“ We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said,‘ You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”“ No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman.“ In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was thrown out— the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
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2 Samuel 16 23
Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God— such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
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1 Corinthians 3 3
because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
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2 Thessalonians 2 9
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,