Job 12:2
12:2 “Without a doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
Job 15:8-10
15:8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
15:9 What do you know that we don’t know?
What do you understand that we don’t understand?
15:10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
men far older than your father.
Isaiah 5:21
5:21 Those who think they are wise are as good as dead,
those who think they possess understanding.
Jeremiah 9:23
9:23 The Lord says,
“Wise people should not boast that they are wise.
Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful.
Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
Ezekiel 28:3
28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you.
Ezekiel 28:1
A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
28:1 The word of the Lord came to me:
Colossians 1:19-21
1:19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Paul’s Goal in Ministry
1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,
Colossians 1:27-29
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing
and teaching
all people
with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature
in Christ.
1:29 Toward this goal
I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully
works in me.
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 3:18
Exhortation to Households
3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.