Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Cross-reference
Job 12:3 asserts Job's own understanding — directly contrasting with Zophar's claim that a hollow man cannot get understanding.
Job 15:14 asks how man can be pure — reinforcing the same theme of human inability to become righteous or wise without God.
Job 12:2 sarcastically says wisdom will die with the friends — contrasting with Zophar's claim that a hollow man cannot gain understanding.
Job 28:28 defines true wisdom as fearing the Lord — providing the standard that the hollow man lacks.
Job 39:5-8 describes the wild donkey's free nature — the same animal used in 11:12 as a symbol of untamable foolishness.
James 2:20 addresses a foolish man who lacks understanding — directly paralleling the hollow man in Job 11:12.
Proverbs 30:2-4 echoes the same self-deprecating view of human stupidity — Agur calls himself more foolish than any man, paralleling the 'hollow man' image.
Psalm 92:6 states that a senseless man does not know — directly paralleling the hollow man's inability to gain understanding.
In Genesis 16:12, Ishmael is called a 'wild donkey of a man' — the same animal imagery used here for an untamable, hollow person.
Psalm 73:22 confesses being senseless like a beast — echoing the wild donkey imagery of foolishness in Job 11:12.
Psalm 94:11 declares that human thoughts are futile — echoing the uselessness of a hollow man trying to gain understanding here.
Romans 1:22 describes those claiming wisdom becoming fools — paralleling the hollow man's fundamental folly.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 says to become foolish to be wise — a different path than the hollow man's impossibility, yet both highlight human inadequacy.
1 Corinthians 3:20 quotes Psalm 94:11 on the futility of human wisdom — reinforcing the theme of empty understanding present here.
Psalm 62:9 declares all people are a breath and vanity — mirroring Job 11:12's depiction of empty-headed humans as futile.
Ecclesiastes 3:18 says men are like beasts — echoing the beast imagery of foolishness in Job 11:12.
Romans 12:16 warns against being wise in your own eyes — the very pride that prevents the hollow man from gaining understanding.