'Wise Men' in the Bible

When the morning came, his spirit was troubled. And he sent and called for all the soothsayers of Egypt and all the wise men thereof, and told them his dream: but there was none of them that could interpret it unto Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh called for the wise men, and enchanters of Egypt did in like manner with their sorcery.

And all the wise men that wrought all the holy work, came every man from his work which they made,

Moreover, thou hast workmen enough and masons and carpenters to work in stone and timber, and all manner of wise men for whatsoever work it be.

And the king spake to the wise men that had understanding in the ordinances of the land - for the king's matters must be handled before all such as have knowledge of the law and judgment,

and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends, everything that had happened him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, "If it be Mordecai of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst do nothing unto him, but shalt fall before him."

He carrieth away the wise men, as it were a spoil, and bringeth the judges out of their wits.

Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!

which wise men have told, and hath not been hid from their fathers:

"Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding.

Seeing then that everybody feareth him, why should not all wise men also stand in fear of him?"

For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.

Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is nigh destruction.

He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

Wicked people bring a city in decay, but wise men set it up again.

I am come of the old regal Progeny"? Where are they? Where are now thy wise men? Let them tell thee, if they can, what the LORD of Hosts hath taken in hand against Egypt.

Who would not fear thee? Or what King of the Gentiles would not obey thee? For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is none that may be likened unto thee.

namely, wood; silver, which is brought out of Tarshish, and beaten to plates; and gold from Ophir, a work that is made with the hand of the craftsman and the caster, clothed with yellow silk and scarlet: even so is the work of their wise men altogether.

The sword shall come upon the Chaldeans, sayeth the LORD; upon them that dwell in Babylon; upon their princes; and upon their wise men.

Yea, sayeth the LORD, I will make their princes, their wise men, their chief rulers and all their worthies, drunken: so that they shall sleep an everlasting sleep and never wake. Thus sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

For the which cause the king was wroth with great indignation, and commanded to destroy all the wise men at Babylon:

and the proclamation went forth that the wise men should be slain. They sought also to slay Daniel with his companions.

This is the dream, that I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Therefore O Balteshazzar, tell thou me what it signifieth: forsomuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to show me, what it meaneth. But thou canst do it, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee."

Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

Upon this, came all the king's wise men: but they could neither read the writing, nor show the king what it signified.

Shall not I at the same time destroy the wise men of Edom; and those that have understanding, from the mount of Esau?

When Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Jewry in the time of Herod the king, Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and diligently enquired of them the time of the star that appeared,

Then Herod, perceiving that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, as many as were two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the wise men.

"Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Brethren, look on your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of high degree are called: