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1 Corinthians 3:19
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(A)
1 Corinthians 3:19
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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
Job 5:13
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Job 5:13
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13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Job 5:13
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Job 5:13
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Psalm 141:10
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Psalm 141:10
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10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.(A)
Psalm 141:10
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Psalm 141:10
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?(A)
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)
20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
Romans 1:21-22
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Romans 1:21-22
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21 for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Romans 1:21-22
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Romans 1:21-22
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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(B)
Isaiah 44:25
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Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the omens of soothsayers
and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise
and makes their knowledge foolish;(A)
Isaiah 44:25
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Isaiah 44:25
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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The True Wisdom of God
6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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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)
Psalm 9:15-16
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Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.(A)
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah(B)
Psalm 9:15-16
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Psalm 9:15-16
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- Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.
Psalm 7:14-15
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Psalm 7:14-15
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14 See how they conceive evil
and are pregnant with mischief
and bring forth lies.(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(B)
Psalm 7:14-15
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Psalm 7:14-15
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Isaiah 29:14-16
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Isaiah 29:14-16
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14 so I will again do
amazing things with this people,
shocking and amazing.
The wisdom of their wise shall perish,
and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden.(A)
15 Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,
whose deeds are in the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(B)
16 You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?
Shall the thing made say of its maker,
“He did not make me,”
or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?(C)
Isaiah 29:14-16
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Isaiah 29:14-16
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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)”
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide(D) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us?(E) Who will know?”(F)
16 You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(G)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(H) it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(I)
“You know nothing”?(J)
Isaiah 19:11-14
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Isaiah 19:11-14
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11 Clearly the princes of Zoan are foolish;
the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the sages,
a descendant of ancient kings”?(A)
12 Where now are your sages?
Let them tell you and make known
what the Lord of hosts has planned against Egypt.(B)
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of its tribes
have led Egypt astray.(C)
14 The Lord has poured into them[a]
a spirit of confusion;
and they have made Egypt stagger in all its doings
as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.(D)
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- 19.14 Gk Compare Tg: Heb it
Isaiah 19:11-14
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Isaiah 19:11-14
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11 The officials of Zoan(A) are nothing but fools;
the wise counselors(B) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(C)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise men,(D)
a disciple of the ancient kings”?
12 Where are your wise men(E) now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned(F) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(G) have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis(H) are deceived;
the cornerstones(I) of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;(J)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers(K) around in his vomit.
2 Samuel 16:23
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2 Samuel 16:23
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23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle[a] of God, so all the counsel of Ahithophel was esteemed both by David and by Absalom.(A)
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2 Samuel 16:23
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2 Samuel 16:23
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23 Now in those days the advice(A) Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David(B) and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.
Exodus 18:11
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Exodus 18:11
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11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians,[a] when they dealt arrogantly with them.”(A)
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Exodus 18:11
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Exodus 18:11
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11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(A) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(B)
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