SOS Discipline - Daily Proverb and Red Letter Reader
Twisted things are incomplete. Infidelity bows you down. Destruction is a reckless guide. cf Pr. 11.3
All authority over you comes from somewhere. cf Mt. 10:18
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Jesus Likes Wisdom
Old Testament
Pentateuch (Moses)
1. Deuteronomy 1:13
• “Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
2. Deuteronomy 4:6
• “Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’”
3. Deuteronomy 17:12
• “Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel.”
4. Deuteronomy 18:20
• “But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.”
Prophets
1. Isaiah 5:21
• “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
2. Isaiah 47:10
• “For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, ‘No one sees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’”
3. Jeremiah 8:9
• “The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have?”
4. Jeremiah 9:23
• “Thus says the LORD: ‘Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;’”
5. Jeremiah 17:9
• “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?”
Wisdom Literature
1. Proverbs 3:7
• “Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.”
2. Proverbs 12:15
• “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.”
3. Proverbs 26:12
• “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
4. Proverbs 28:26
• “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.”
5. Job 32:9
• “Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged always understand justice.”
6. Ecclesiastes 7:16
• “Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself?”
Here is a list of New Testament references that convey similar ideas to “be not wise in your own eyes,” using the New King James Version (NKJV):
New Testament
1. Matthew 11:25
• “At that time Jesus answered and said, ‘I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.’”
2. Matthew 18:4
• “Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
3. Romans 11:25
• “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”
4. Romans 12:16
• “Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.”
5. 1 Corinthians 1:19-21
• “For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.’ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.”
6. 1 Corinthians 3:18-20
• “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their own craftiness’; and again, ‘The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.’”
7. James 3:13-17
• “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.”
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