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Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says,“ Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
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Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
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1 Corinthians 3 18
Guard against self- deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
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Isaiah 5:21
Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.
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Genesis 14:23
that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘ It is I who made Abram rich.’
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Job 15:8-10
Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
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Judges 7:2
The LORD said to Gideon,“ You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘ Our own strength has delivered us.’
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1 Corinthians 1 19-1 Corinthians 1 21
For it is written,“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
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Ezekiel 28:3
Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
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Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
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John 19:11
Jesus replied,“ You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
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Zechariah 12:7
The LORD also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.
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Job 19:6
know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
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Job 2:10
But he replied,“ You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
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Job 1:21
He said,“ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
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1 Corinthians 1 27-1 Corinthians 1 29
But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,so that no one can boast in his presence.
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Isaiah 48:7
Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘ Yes, I know about them.’
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Job 12:2
“ Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
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Isaiah 48:5
I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say,‘ My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’