Job 11:12
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But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
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O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.