32 Bible Verses about False Wisdom

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1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

Isaiah 47:10

“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
‘No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

Job 32:13

“Do not say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.’

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.”

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

Jeremiah 8:9

“The wise men are put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?

Job 5:13

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Isaiah 44:25

Causing the omens of boasters to fail,
Making fools out of diviners,
Causing wise men to draw back
And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

Ezekiel 28:17

“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before kings,
That they may see you.

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Exodus 1:10

Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.”

James 3:15

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.

Job 37:24

“Therefore men fear Him;
He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”

Job 15:8

“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?

Isaiah 10:13

For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

Jeremiah 8:8

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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