Proverbs 30:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I & ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I sayd, Wo is me: for I am vndone, because I am a man of polluted lips, & I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lips: for mine eyes haue seene the King and Lord of hostes.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should bee arrogant in your selues) that partly obstinacie is come to Israel, vntill the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 8:2 : 2 Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
  • 2 Pet 2:12-16 : 12 But these, as naturall brute beasts, led with sensualitie and made to be taken, and destroyed, speake euill of those things which they know not, and shal perish through their owne corruption, 13 And shall receiue the wages of vnrighteousnes, as they which count it pleasure dayly to liue deliciously. Spottes they are and blottes, deliting them selues in their deceiuings, in feasting with you, 14 Hauing eyes full of adulterie, and that can not cease to sinne, beguiling vnstable soules: they haue heartes exercised with couetousnesse, they are the children of curse: 15 Which forsaking the right way, haue gone astray, folowing the way of Balaam, the sonne of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes. 16 But he was rebuked for his iniquitie: for the dumme beast speaking with mans voyce, forbade the foolishnesse of the Prophet.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not. 4 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me. 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 30:1
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    1The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.

  • Prov 30:3
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    3For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.

  • Ps 73:22
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    22So foolish was I & ignorant: I was a beast before thee.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • Job 12:3
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    3But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?

  • Job 42:3
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    3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

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  • Job 32:9
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    9Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18I 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.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?

  • Ps 49:20
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    20Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Job 39:17
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    17(39:20) For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them.

  • Job 28:20
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    20Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23(7:2) All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

  • Ps 73:16
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    16Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,

  • Job 34:34-35
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    34Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

    35Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25(7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

  • Eccl 1:16-17
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    16I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

    17And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

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    15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

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    12Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

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    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Jer 10:14
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    14Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

  • Job 15:9
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    9What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?

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    8But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.

  • Job 17:10
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    10All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you.

  • Lam 3:1
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    1I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.

  • Job 6:24
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    24Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: & cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.

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    6Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.

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    14I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

  • Job 28:28
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  • Job 18:3
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    3Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

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    2Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?

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    17I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

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    18A man destitute of vnderstanding, toucheth the hande, and becommeth suretie for his neighbour.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. The foole hath saide in his heart, There is no God. they haue corrupted & done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.