"The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants."
—Omar Bradley, Leadership, Vol. 1, no. 1. - Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4.
Romans 2:14-16 (CEB) 14 Gentiles don't have the Law. But when they instinctively do what the Law requires they are a Law in themselves, though they don't have the Law. 15 They show the proof of the Law written on their hearts, and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them, 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the hidden truth about human beings through Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 3:19 (TLB) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As it says in the book of Job, God uses man’s own brilliance to trap him; he stumbles over his own "wisdom" and falls.
James 3:14-15 (MSG) 14 Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. 15 It's the furthest thing from wisdom—it's animal cunning, devilish conniving.
