Proverbs 30:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
  • 1 Cor 8:2 : 2 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • 2 Pet 2:12-16 : 12 But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed, 13 suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you; 14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:

  • Prov 30:3
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    3And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Ps 73:22
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    22So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.

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    6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

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  • Job 42:3
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    3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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    18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:

  • Prov 7:7
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    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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    18I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.

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    13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

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    20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

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    17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

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    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

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    20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

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    23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

  • Ps 73:16
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    16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

  • Job 34:34-35
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    34Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

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  • Jer 51:17
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    17Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    67%

    16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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    12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.

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    14Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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    24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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    6[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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    2What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

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    14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

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    2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

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    17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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    22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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