Re: You do not need to say anything crazy or presumptuous to be persecuted..
You KNOW that you exist...
You KNOW that you KNOW something....
You KNOW that what you are is "THAT WHICH KNOWS"
Whatever it is that you are, you KNOW that you are, and you KNOW that you don't KNOW everything.. thus you know something about something which actually exists..
You KNOW that you fail, and you know that you succeed
You KNOW that you KNOW LIES and you KNOW that you KNOW TRUTH..
You KNOW that you WANT to succeed..
You KNOW that you DO NOT WANT to fail..
I also know this is just your opinion about what is known, unless your were the author of this whole chapter your knowledge is less than the writer. As a fellow 'reader' that would apply to me also.
Proverb.8:1-14
Doth not wisdom cry?
and understanding put forth her voice?
She standeth in the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates,
at the entry of the city,
at the coming in at the doors.
Unto you,
O men,
I call;
and my voice is to the sons of man.
O ye simple,
understand wisdom:
and,
ye fools,
be ye of an understanding heart.
Hear;
for I will speak of excellent things;
and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth;
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
They are all plain to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge.
Receive my instruction,
and not silver;
and knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom is better than rubies;
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
I wisdom dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil:
pride,
and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward mouth,
do I hate.
Counsel is mine,
and sound wisdom:
I am understanding;
I have strength.
The rest of the chapter is Christ 'resume' as havinf the authority (above) and the knowledge (rest of the chapter describing what He has witnessed)