Ecclesiastes 7:16

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• Romans 12:3
  For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
• Proverbs 25:16
  If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
• Colossians 2:18
  Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18
  Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
• Matthew 6:1–7
  “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
• James 3:13–17
  Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
• Ecclesiastes 12:12
  And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
• Genesis 3:6
  When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
• Colossians 2:23
  Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
• Luke 18:12
  I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
• Job 11:12
  But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
• 1 Corinthians 3:20
  And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

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Book of Ecclesiastes

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Prudence: General Scriptures Concerning· Religious Zeal without Knowledge· Wisdom: Worldly