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Sprüche 26:16
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly. (niv)
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Römer 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. (niv)
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Prediger 9:15-17
Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.So I said,“ Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. (niv)
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Sprüche 18:17
In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross- examines. (niv)
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Sprüche 18:11
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. (niv)
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1 Korinther 3 18-1 Korinther 3 19
Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become“ fools” so that you may become wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written:“ He catches the wise in their craftiness”; (niv)
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Jesaja 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. (niv)
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Hiob 32:9
It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right. (niv)
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1 Timotheus 6 17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (niv)
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Sprüche 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. (niv)
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Jesaja 10:13-14
For he says:“‘ By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’” (niv)
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Römer 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, (niv)
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Hesekiel 28:3-5
Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you?By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud. (niv)
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Sprüche 19:1
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. (niv)
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Sprüche 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. (niv)
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Lukas 16:13-14
“ No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. (niv)