35 Bible Verses about Worldly Wisdom

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written, He seizing the wise in their deceptions.

This is wisdom coming not down from above, but earthly, natural, resembling an evil spirit.

And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat And the eyes of the two shall be opened, and they shall know that they are naked; and they shall sew together the leaves of the fig tree, and shall make to themselves girdles.

Behold, in his servants he will not trust, and upon his messengers he will set folly: Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth. From morning to evening they will be struck; from not setting to superintend they will perish.read more.
Did not their remainder in them remove? They will die, and not in wisdom.

He took the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the perverse was headlong.

Shall not the multitude of words be answered? and shall a man of lips be justified?

And man being empty will be without heart: and man will be born a wild ass's colt

For this, men shall fear him: he will not see all the wise of heart.

Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Folly is joy to him wanting heart: and the man of understanding will make straight to go. The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.

There is a way straight before a man, and its latter state the ways of death.

The rich man is wise in his eyes, and the poor one understanding shall search him out.

For in abundance of wisdom, abundance of trouble: and he adding knowledge will increase pain.

The heart of the wise one to his right, and the heart of the foolish one to his left. And also as the foolish one went in the way, his heart was wanting, and he said to all, It is folly.

Wo to the wise in their eyes, and knowing before their face.

For this, behold me adding to be wonderful with this people, dealing wonderfully and being a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise perished, and the understanding of their understanding ones shall be hid. Wo to those making deep to hide counsel from Jehovah, and their work was in darkness, and they will say, Who saw us? and who knew us? Shall not your perverting be reckoned as the potter's clay? for shall the work say to him making it, He made me not? andhebeing formed, say to him forming, He understood not?

And thou wilt trust in thy wickedness: thou saidst, None saw me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it caused thee to turn away; and thou wilt say in thy heart, I, and none yet besides me. And evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know its dawn, and ruin shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to expiate it, and desolation shall suddenly come upon thee; thou shalt not know.

Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah. How shall ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah with us? Behold, surely for falsehood he made the style of the scribes a lie. The wise were ashamed, they were confounded, and they will be taken: behold, they rejected in the word of Jehovah; and what wisdom to them?

Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast in his riches: But he boasting shall boast in this, to understand and know me, that I am Jehovah, doing mercy, judgment and justice in the earth: for in these I delighted, says Jehovah.

To Edom, thus said Jehovah of armies, Is wisdom no more in Teman? did counsel perish from the discerning? was their wisdom poured out?

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness

In that time Jesus having answered, said, I acknowledge to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to children.

Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened. Declaring themselves to be wise, they were fools, And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.

And I having come to you, brethren, came not with eminence of word or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God. For I judged not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much tremor, was with you.read more.
And my word and my proclaiming not in persuasible words of man's wisdom, but in manifestation of the Spirit and of power That your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. But we speak wisdom among the perfected: and the wisdom not of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, they being left unemployed: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, hidden, which God determined beforehand, before the times to our glory: Which none of the rulers of this world knew: for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as has been written. Which the eye saw not, and the ear heard not, and upon the heart of man it came not up, what things God has prepared for them loving him. And God has revealed to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, and the deep things of God. For who of men knows the things of men except the spirit of man in him? so also the things of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. And we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit from God; that we might know things bestowed upon us as a gift by God. Which also we speak, not in words taught of man's wisdom, but in them taught of the Holy Spirit; examining spiritual things by spiritual. And the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: and he cannot know, for they are spiritually examined.

See ye lest any be carrying you off by philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

O Timothy, watch that which holds firm, turning aside from profane, idle talk, and oppositions of knowledge, bearing a false name: Which some proclaiming have missed their aim concerning the faith. Grace with thee. Amen.

For this, behold me adding to be wonderful with this people, dealing wonderfully and being a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise perished, and the understanding of their understanding ones shall be hid.

And thou wilt trust in thy wickedness: thou saidst, None saw me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it caused thee to turn away; and thou wilt say in thy heart, I, and none yet besides me.

For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not

With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures.

Declaring themselves to be wise, they were fools,

For it has been written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the intelligent.

But we speak wisdom among the perfected: and the wisdom not of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, they being left unemployed:

Forasmuch as the solemn promises of God in him yea, and in him Amen, for glory to God by us.

Which things truly are having the word of wisdom in worship according to one's will, and humility, and prodigality of the body; not in any honour to satisfying the flesh.