Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?


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Deuteronomy 8 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy 32 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Samuel 22 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
1 Kings 2 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1 Kings 10 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
2 Chronicles 1 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Esther 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 6 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 12 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 16 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 17 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 17 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 21 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 22 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 33 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 34 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 37 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 39 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Job 41 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job 42 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 10 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.