James 3:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, having not the Spirit.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit speaks clearly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and doctrines of demons;
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
  • 2 Thess 2:9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die. 4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die: 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.
  • 2 Sam 13:3 : 3 But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very cunning man.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing 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 will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • 1 Cor 1:27 : 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
  • 1 Cor 2:6-7 : 6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • Rev 2:24 : 24 But to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they call them, I will put on you no other burden.
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 They had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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  • Jas 3:16-17
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    16For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work.

    17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

  • Jas 3:13-14
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    13Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

    14But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.

    20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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

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

  • Jas 4:3-5
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    3You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.

    4You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

    5Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously?

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

    14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

    15Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

    16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:3
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    3For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

  • 1 Cor 2:6
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    6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

  • Jas 4:1
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    1From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members?

  • 1 Cor 2:13-14
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    13These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

    14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, having not the Spirit.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Mark 7:21-23
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

  • 1 Tim 6:4
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    4He is proud, knowing nothing, but obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

  • Rom 1:29
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    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

  • Prov 13:10
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    10By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

  • Jude 1:10
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    10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

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

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

  • John 3:31
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    31He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Matt 15:19
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    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

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

  • Prov 18:1
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    1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles with all wisdom.

  • Job 28:20
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    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

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

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

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • Titus 3:3
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    3For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,