Job 11:12

New Century Version

A fool cannot become wise any more than a wild donkey can be born tame.

Cross References

Job 15:14

“How can anyone be pure? How can someone born to a woman be good?

Job 28:28

Then he said to humans, ‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom; to stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own clever traps and sweeps away the plans of those who try to trick others.

Job 6:5

A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat, and an ox is quiet when it has feed.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.

Psalm 39:11

You correct and punish people for their sins; like a moth, you destroy what they love. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Psalm 51:5

I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me.

Psalm 73:22

I was senseless and stupid. I acted like an animal toward you.

Psalm 92:6

Stupid people don’t know these things, and fools don’t understand.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

The Teacher says, “Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless.”

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t worry, and forget the troubles of your body, because youth and childhood are useless.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I decided that God leaves it the way it is to test people and to show them they are just like animals.

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild donkey that lives in the desert and sniffs the wind at mating time. At that time who can hold her back? Any male who chases her will easily catch her; at mating time, it is easy to find her.

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

Romans 12:16

Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.

James 2:20

You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?