Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Bible References

The wisdom

1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
1 Corinthians 2:6
However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?
Isaiah 29:14
therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
Isaiah 44:25
who destroys the omens of the false prophets
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Romans 1:21
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

General references

Deuteronomy 32:28
Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.
Luke 11:35
Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.
John 7:49
But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

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