Job 11:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

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  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 (39:8) Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse? 6 (39:9) It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings. 7 (39:10) He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer. 8 (39:11) He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I & ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
  • Eccl 3:18 : 18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.
  • Jer 2:24 : 24 And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all they that seeke her, will not wearie themselues, but wil finde her in her moneth.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 When they professed themselues to be wise, they became fooles.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse. 20 And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we also had our conuersation in time past, in the lustes of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath, as well as others.
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome. 14 But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth. 15 This wisedome descendeth not from aboue, but is earthly, sensuall, and deuilish. 16 For where enuying and strife is, there is sedition, and all maner of euill workes. 17 But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me. 3 For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things. 4 Who hath ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.
  • Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie. 10 Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
  • Job 5:13 : 13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
  • Job 6:5 : 5 Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
  • Job 12:2-3 : 2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you. 3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

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