Isaiah 19:12
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12 Where then are your (A)wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
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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Romans 11:33-34
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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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Romans 9:17
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17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, (A)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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Jeremiah 2:28
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28 But (A)where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, (B)if they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for (C)as many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.
Isaiah 47:10-13
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10 You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
(A)“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
11 But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
(B)and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
12 (C)Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
(D)those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
Isaiah 44:7
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7 (A)Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.[a]
Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:7 Or Who like me can proclaim it?
Isaiah 41:22-23
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22 Let them bring them, and (A)tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
or declare to us the things to come.
23 (B)Tell us what is to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
(C)do good, or do harm,
that we may be dismayed and terrified.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:23 Or that we may both be dismayed and see
Isaiah 40:13-14
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13 (A)Who has measured[a] the Spirit of the Lord,
or what man shows him his counsel?
14 Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
(B)Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:13 Or has directed
Isaiah 14:24
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An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
Job 11:6-7
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6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in (A)understanding.[a]
Know then that God (B)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7 (C)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Footnotes
- Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Judges 9:38
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38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your mouth now, you who said, (A)‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.”
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