Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.