Job 11:12

New International Version

But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

Cross References

Job 15:14

“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

Job 28:28

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

Job 6:5

Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

Psalm 144:4

They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

Psalm 39:11

When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.

Psalm 39:5

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.

Psalm 51:5

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Psalm 73:22

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Psalm 92:6

Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving— in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

James 2:20

You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?