Isaiah 47:10
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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,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”(A)
Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and shrewd in their own sight!(A)
Isaiah 29:15
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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?”(A)
Psalm 52:7
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7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[a](A)
Footnotes
- 52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
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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) 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.(B)
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Romans 1:22
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22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Ezekiel 9:9
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9 He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of perversity, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’(A)
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Ezekiel 8:12
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12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
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Jeremiah 23:24
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24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one brings suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.(A)
Ezekiel 28:2-6
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2 Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:
Because your heart is proud
and you have said, “I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,”
yet you are but a mortal and no god,
though you compare your mind
with the mind of a god.(A)
3 You are indeed wiser than Daniel;[a]
no secret is hidden from you;(B)
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
you have amassed wealth for yourself
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries.(C)
5 By your great wisdom in trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth.(D)
6 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you compare your mind
with the mind of a god,(E)
Footnotes
- 28.3 Or Danel
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)
Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”(A)
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Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 No one has power over the wind[a] to restrain the wind[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.(A)
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Psalm 94:7-9
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7 and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(A)
8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(B)
9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?(C)
Psalm 64:5
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5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](A)
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- 64.5 Syr Jerome: Heb them
Psalm 62:9-10
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9 Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.(A)
10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(B)
Psalm 10:11
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11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(A)
Job 22:13-14
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13 Therefore you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?(A)
14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the dome of heaven.’
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