Isaiah 19:11
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11 What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Numbers 13:22
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22 Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)
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Acts 7:22
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22 Moses was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in both speech and action.
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Isaiah 30:4
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4 For though his power extends to Zoan
and his officials have arrived in Hanes,
Psalm 78:43
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43 They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt,
his wonders on the plain of Zoan.
1 Kings 4:30
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30 In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt.
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Psalm 78:12
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12 the miracles he did for their ancestors
on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:38-39
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38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 As the Scriptures say,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”[a]
20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.
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Ezekiel 30:14
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Ezekiel 7:26
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26 Calamity will follow calamity;
rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
and no counsel from the leaders.
Jeremiah 49:7
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Messages about Edom
7 This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Is there no wisdom in Teman?
Is no one left to give wise counsel?
Jeremiah 10:21
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21 The shepherds of my people have lost their senses.
They no longer seek wisdom from the Lord.
Therefore, they fail completely,
and their flocks are scattered.
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Isaiah 44:25
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25 I expose the false prophets as liars
and make fools of fortune-tellers.
I cause the wise to give bad advice,
thus proving them to be fools.
Isaiah 29:14
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14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites
with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away,
and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”
Isaiah 19:13
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13 The officials of Zoan are fools,
and the officials of Memphis[a] are deluded.
The leaders of the people
have led Egypt astray.
Footnotes
- 19:13 Hebrew Noph.
Isaiah 19:3
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3 The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will confuse their plans.
They will plead with their idols for wisdom
and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
Proverbs 30:2
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2 I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
Psalm 92:6
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6 Only a simpleton would not know,
and only a fool would not understand this: