Jeremiah 8:9
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9 (A)The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed (B)and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 6:15
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15 (A)Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
(B)at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the Lord.
Psalm 119:98-100
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98 Your commandment makes me (A)wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for (B)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (C)the aged,[a]
for I (D)keep your precepts.
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- Psalm 119:100 Or the elders
Job 5:12
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12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
1 Corinthians 1:18-29
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Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18 For the word of the cross is (A)folly to (B)those who are perishing, but to us (C)who are being saved it is (D)the power of God. 19 For it is written,
(E)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 (F)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (G)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach[a] to save those who believe. 22 For (H)Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ (I)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ (J)the power of God and (K)the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brothers: (L)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,[b] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But (M)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (N)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (O)things that are not, to (P)bring to nothing things that are, 29 so (Q)that no human being[c] might boast in the presence of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or the folly of preaching
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 Greek according to the flesh
- 1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh
Jeremiah 6:19
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19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people,
(A)the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words;
and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Isaiah 19:11
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11 The princes of (A)Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
Psalm 19:7
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
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- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
Deuteronomy 4:6
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6 (A)Keep them and do them, for (B)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
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2 Timothy 3:15
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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Ezekiel 7:26
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26 (A)Disaster comes upon disaster; (B)rumor follows rumor. (C)They seek a vision from the prophet, while (D)the law[a] perishes from the priest and (E)counsel from the elders.
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- Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction
Isaiah 8:20
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20 (A)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (B)dawn.
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