Bible Cross References
wise
Job 5:12-14
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He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot bring about their success;
13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is precipitated.
14
They meet with darkness by day, and grope at midday as in the night.
Psalm 49:10-13
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For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11
Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places from generation to generation; they call their lands after their own names.
12
Nevertheless man, though precious, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.
13
This way of theirs is their folly; yet those who follow delight in their sayings. Selah.
Psalm 49:16-18
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Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases;
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for when he dies he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
18
For in his life he blessed his own soul (indeed, they praise you when you do well for yourself).
Ecclesiastes 2:13-16
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Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also considered that one event happens to them all.
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Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Same as the fool!
Ecclesiastes 2:19-16
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and understanding in their own sight!
Isaiah 10:12
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his haughty looks.
Isaiah 10:13
For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am discerning. And I have removed the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
Ezekiel 28:2-9
2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas, yet you are a man, and not the Mighty God, though you set your heart as the heart of God
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(Behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that can be hidden from you.
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With your wisdom and your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
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by your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches).
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
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behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, the most terrifying of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and defile your splendor.
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They shall throw you down to the Pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas.
9
Will you still think to say before him who slays you, I am God? But you are a man, and not a god, in the hand of him who slays you.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they become foolish,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
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For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the intelligent.
20
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who are believing.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
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But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are mighty;
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and the low-born of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
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that no flesh should boast in His presence.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness;
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and again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
James 3:14-16
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But if you have bitter envy and contention in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
15
This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
16
For where envy and contention exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.
neither
Deuteronomy 8:17
you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have acquired me this wealth.
1 Samuel 17:4-10
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And a man came out from the camp of the Philistines between the two armies, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was wearing a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
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And he had armor of bronze on his legs, and a bronze gorget between his shoulders.
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The stock of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield bearer went before him.
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And he stood and called out to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to be arrayed for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
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If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.
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And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1 Samuel 17:42-10
1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.
1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.
Psalm 33:16
The king is not delivered by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not rescued by much strength.
Psalm 33:17
A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he provide escape by his great strength.
Isaiah 10:8
For he says, Are not my commanders all like kings?
Isaiah 36:8
Now then, please exchange pledges with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are even able on your part to put riders on them.
Isaiah 36:9
How then will you repel the face of one commander of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Ezekiel 29:9
And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he has said, The River is mine, and I have made it.
Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and prostrate yourselves before the image which I have made. But if you do not prostrate yourselves, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand?
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Daniel 4:31
While the word was still in the king's mouth a voice fell from the heavens, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom has been taken away from you!
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are truth, and His ways are justice. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Daniel 5:18-23
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O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.
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And for the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he desired, and whom he desired he kept alive. And whom he would, he set up; and whom he desired, he put down.
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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him.
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And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his home was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He desires.
22
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this.
23
But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you. And you, and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, and do not know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand your life, breath, and all your ways is.
Amos 2:14-16
14
Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his power, nor shall the mighty deliver his life,
15
and he who handles the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, nor shall the one riding a horse deliver his soul.
16
And the strong of heart among the mighty shall flee naked in that day, declares Jehovah.
Acts 12:22
And the people kept shouting, The voice of a god and not of a man!
Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.
rich
Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or said to fine gold, you are my confidence;
Job 31:25
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had acquired much;
Psalm 49:6-9
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Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches:
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None of them can at all redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
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(for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it comes to an end forever),
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that he might yet live forever and never see the pit.
Psalm 52:6
The righteous also shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psalm 52:7
Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was strong in his wickedness.
Psalm 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be like filthiness; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah; they will not satisfy their souls, nor fill their stomachs, because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.
Zephaniah 1:18
Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah. But all the earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make a complete and speedy end of all those who live in the land.
Mark 10:24
And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all evils, for which some being greedy, have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.