James 3:15

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“Wisdom” like that doesn’t come down from above. It’s earthly, unspiritual, and demonic,

Cross References

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, kind, cooperative, full of mercy and good fruit, fair, and genuine.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. He doesn’t change like shadows that move.

1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written, “God catches wise people in their own clever plans.”

Philippians 3:19

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and they brag about things they should be ashamed of. They only think about earthly things.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The person who doesn’t have the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. Those things seem foolish to them, and they can’t understand them, because they can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

2 Corinthians 1:12

With God’s help, we’ve acted toward everyone, and especially toward you, honorably and honestly. We can say that with pride and a clear conscience. We’ve depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom.

James 1:5

If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it, and he’ll give it to you. God gives freely to everyone and doesn’t tell them they shouldn’t have asked.

1 Timothy 4:1

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some people will abandon the faith, follow deceptive spirits, and believe things that demons teach.

Jude 1:19

These are the people who create divisions among you. They live only by instinct and they’re not led by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:3

You’re still following your own wrong desires. If you’re jealous and you’re arguing, aren’t those desires in charge? Aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings?

John 3:17

God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. That dragon is the old serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.

Revelation 9:11

The angel of the Abyss was their king. In Hebrew his name is Abaddon, and in Greek it’s Apollyon, which means Destroyer.

Revelation 2:24

‘The rest of you in Thyatira haven’t followed Jezebel’s teaching, and you haven’t learned what some people call “Satan’s deep secrets.”

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. He’ll show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders that will lead people astray.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But just as Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies, I’m afraid that your minds will also be led astray somehow from your true and pure love for Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise, but they turned into fools.

Acts 13:10

“You’re a child of the devil! You’re an enemy of everything that’s right! You deceive people by using all kinds of tricks. Won’t you ever stop twisting the right ways of the Lord?

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s wishes. From the beginning, the devil has been a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth because there’s no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Luke 16:8

“Even though the manager had not been honest, the master praised him for being clever. The people of this world are more clever in dealing with their own kind than God’s people are.