Isaiah 5:21

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’ ”

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

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For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.

by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.