James 3:15 Cross References

James 3:15

15: For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil.

James 3:17

  1. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.

James 1:17

  1. Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.

1 Corinthians 3:19

  1. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, "God catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness."

1 Corinthians 2:14

  1. But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.

Philippians 3:19

  1. Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and all they think about is this life here on earth.

2 Corinthians 1:12

  1. We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.

James 1:5

  1. If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  2. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  3. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Jude 1:19

  1. Now they are here, and they are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They live by natural instinct because they do not have God's Spirit living in them.

Jeremiah 4:22

  1. "My people are foolish and do not know me," says the LORD. "They are senseless children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no talent at all for doing right!"

1 Corinthians 2:6

  1. Yet when I am among mature Christians, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world, and not the kind that appeals to the rulers of this world, who are being brought to nothing.
  2. No, the wisdom we speak of is the secret wisdom of God, which was hidden in former times, though he made it for our benefit before the world began.

1 Corinthians 1:19

  1. As the Scriptures say, "I will destroy human wisdom and discard their most brilliant ideas."
  2. So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.

Acts 13:10

  1. "You son of the Devil, full of every sort of trickery and villainy, enemy of all that is good, will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?

1 Corinthians 3:3

  1. for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires? You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord.

John 3:17

  1. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.

Revelation 9:11

  1. Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon--the Destroyer.

Revelation 2:24

  1. But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching ('deeper truths,' as they call them--depths of Satan, really). I will ask nothing more of you

Genesis 3:1

  1. Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the LORD God had made. "Really?" he asked the woman. "Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?"
  2. "Of course we may eat it," the woman told him.
  3. "It's only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God says we must not eat it or even touch it, or we will die."
  4. "You won't die!" the serpent hissed.
  5. "God knows that your eyes will be opened when you eat it. You will become just like God, knowing everything, both good and evil."

1 Corinthians 1:27

  1. Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

2 Samuel 15:31

  1. When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, "O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!"

1 Timothy 4:1

  1. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons.

2 Samuel 16:23

  1. Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

Revelation 12:9

  1. This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

2 Corinthians 11:3

  1. But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.

John 8:44

  1. For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Luke 16:8

  1. "The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the citizens of this world are more shrewd than the godly are.

1 John 3:8

  1. But when people keep on sinning, it shows they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy these works of the Devil.
  2. Those who have been born into God's family do not sin, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.
  3. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not obey God's commands and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.

2 Samuel 13:3

  1. Now Amnon had a very crafty friend--his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.

Romans 1:22

  1. Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
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