1 Corinthians 1:20

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1 Corinthians 1:20

where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Romans 1:22

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

Job 12:17

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

Isaiah 33:18

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where is he who is counting? Where is he who is weighing? Where is he who is counting the towers?

Isaiah 44:25

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

2 Samuel 15:31

and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

2 Samuel 16:23

And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days is as when one inquireth at the word of God; so is all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- 'Better is the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

2 Samuel 17:23

And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

Job 12:20

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

Job 12:24

Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!

Isaiah 19:11-12

Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?'

Isaiah 53:1

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?

1 Corinthians 1:19

for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

1 Corinthians 2:6

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

1 Corinthians 3:19

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

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Summary

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Is the wise

Isaiah 33:18

Isaiah 53:1

Hath

Romans 1:22

General references

Bible References

Is the wise

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where is he who is counting? Where is he who is weighing? Where is he who is counting the towers?

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?

Hath

for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days is as when one inquireth at the word of God; so is all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

General references

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where is this, the place of understanding?

take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;

did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?

professing to be wise, they were made fools,