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1 Samuel 16 9
Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said,“ Nor has the Lord chosen this one.”
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James 3:15
Such“ wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
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2 Samuel 14 2
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her,“ Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead.
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Jeremiah 4:22
“ My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written:“ He catches the wise in their craftiness”;
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Esther 5:10
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,
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Esther 5:14
His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him,“ Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
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Genesis 38:20
Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.
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Proverbs 19:6
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
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Judges 14:20
And Samson’s wife was given to one of his companions who had attended him at the feast.
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2 Samuel 14 19-2 Samuel 14 20
The king asked,“ Isn’t the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered,“ As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God— he knows everything that happens in the land.”
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2 Samuel 13 32
But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said,“ My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
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Genesis 38:1
At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
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Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman,“ Did God really say,‘ You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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Esther 6:13
and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him,“ Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him— you will surely come to ruin!”