Verse 12

But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the onager? 6 I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place. 7 It laughs at the commotion of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver. 8 It searches the mountains for its grazing, pursuing every green thing.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
  • Eccl 3:18 : 18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.
  • Jer 2:24 : 24 You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.' 20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and deny the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 Surely I am more ignorant than anyone, and I lack human understanding. 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
  • Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah. 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Job 5:13 : 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Job 6:5 : 5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does an ox low over its fodder?
  • Job 12:2-3 : 2 "Truly, you are the people, and with you wisdom will die!" 3 "But I too have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know things such as these?"
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'