James 3:15

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This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

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  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
  • Jas 3:17 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • 2 Thess 2:9 : 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the workings of Satan, with all kinds of power, false signs, and wonders,
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that, just as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your minds may be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, you shall not eat from any tree in the garden?' 2 The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.' 3 'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'' 4 But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will surely not die.' 5 'For God knows that on the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.'
  • 2 Sam 13:3 : 3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone inquiring of God. Such was all of Ahithophel’s advice to both David and Absalom.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And he said, 'You are full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?'
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.' 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • 1 Cor 1:27 : 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
  • 1 Cor 2:6-7 : 6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away. 7 Instead, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • Rev 2:24 : 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and who have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, I say: I will not impose any other burden on you.
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 They had a king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, he is called Apollyon (the Destroyer).
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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  • Jas 3:16-17
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    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.

  • Jas 3:13-14
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    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.'

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

    16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • Jas 4:3-5
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    3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

    4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

    5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?

  • Jas 1:13-16
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    13 Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

    14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire.

    15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

    16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.

  • Jas 1:5
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    5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.

  • 1 Cor 3:3
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    3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?

  • 1 Cor 2:6
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    6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

  • Jas 4:1
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    1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts?

  • 1 Cor 2:13-14
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    13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.

    14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Mark 7:21-23
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    21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

    22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

    23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.

  • 1 Tim 6:4
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    4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and arguments about words, which result in envy, strife, slander, and evil suspicions.

  • Rom 1:29
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    29 They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

  • Prov 13:10
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    10 Where there is pride, there is strife, but wisdom is found in those who take counsel.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20 For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

  • Jude 1:10
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    10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2 When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble comes wisdom.

  • John 3:31
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    31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Matt 15:19
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    19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • 1 Cor 15:47
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    47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

  • Prov 18:1
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    1 One who isolates himself seeks his own desires; he quarrels against all sound wisdom.

  • Job 28:20
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    20 But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

  • Prov 18:3
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    3 When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes shame.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

  • Gal 5:19
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    19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

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