Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
The wise men are
General references
Bible References
The wise men are
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? hath counsel perished from the prudent? hath their wisdom vanished?
Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:
Lo
Deuteronomy 4:6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Psalm 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 119:98
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Proverbs 1:30
They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Luke 11:35
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools:
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.