James 3:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:3

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, the brother of David: a very prudent man.

2 Samuel 15:31

Then it was reported to David that Ahithophel also had joined in swearing with Absalom. And David said, " O Lord, I beg you, to uncover the foolishness of the counsel of Ahithophel."

2 Samuel 16:23

Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

Luke 16:8

And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Acts 13:10

and he said: "So full of every deceit and of all falsehoods, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, you never cease to subvert the righteous ways of the Lord!

Romans 1:22

For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God has chosen the foolish of the world, so that he may confound the wise. And God has chosen the weak of the world, so that he may confound the strong.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: "I will catch the wise in their own astuteness."

1 Corinthians 3:3

And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

him whose advent is accompanied by the works of Satan, with every kind of power and signs and false miracles,

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit has clearly said that, in the end times, some persons will depart from the faith, paying attention to spirits of error and the doctrines of devils,

James 1:17

Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

James 1:5

But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

James 3:17

But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.

Jude 1:19

These are the ones who segregate themselves; they are animals, not having the Spirit.

Revelation 12:9

And he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world. And he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Revelation 2:24

and to the others who are at Thyatira: Whoever does not hold to this doctrine, and who has not 'known the depths of Satan,' as they say, I will not set any other weight upon you.

Revelation 9:11

And they had over them a king, the Angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Doom; in Greek, Destroyer; in Latin, Exterminator.