1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 (A)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (B)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the wise person?(A) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(B) Has not God made foolish(C) the wisdom of the world?
Romans 1:22
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22 (A)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Romans 1:22
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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)
Job 12:17
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Job 12:17
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(B)
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- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
1 Corinthians 1:19
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19 For it is written,
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
1 Corinthians 1:19
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Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
Isaiah 44:25
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Job 12:24
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24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and (A)makes them wander in a trackless waste.
Job 12:24
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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Wisdom from the Spirit
6 Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(A) but not the wisdom of this age(B) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(C)
Isaiah 53:1
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53 (A)Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a]
And to whom has (B)the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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- Isaiah 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?
Isaiah 53:1
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Isaiah 33:18
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18 (A)Your heart will muse on the terror:
“Where is he who counted, where is (B)he who weighed the tribute?
Where is (C)he who counted the towers?”
Isaiah 33:18
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Job 12:20
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20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
(A)and takes away the discernment of the elders.
Job 12:20
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20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(A)
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice(A) had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order(B) and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
2 Samuel 17:14
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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (A)For the Lord had ordained[a] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
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