Isaiah 19:11
The princes of
The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”
Numbers 13:22
When they had gone up into the Negev (the South country), they came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of Anak were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Psalm 78:43
How He worked His miracles in Egypt
And His wonders in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided],
Isaiah 30:4
“For his princes are at Zoan
And his ambassadors arrive at Hanes [in Egypt].
Acts 7:22
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.
Genesis 41:38-39
So Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this [a man equal to Joseph], in whom is the divine spirit [of God]?”
Psalm 78:12
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].
Job 5:12-13
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
Job 12:17
“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
Psalm 33:10
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
Psalm 73:22
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
Psalm 92:6
A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:
Proverbs 30:2
Surely
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Isaiah 19:3
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
And mediums and soothsayers.
Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan have acted like fools,
The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope];
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.”
Isaiah 44:25
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];
Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;
For his molten images are frauds and lies,
And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds [of the people] have become [like brutes,] irrational and stupid,
And have not searched for the Lord or asked about Him or realized their need for Him;
Therefore they have not been wise and have not prospered,
And all their flocks are scattered.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be heaped on rumor; they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law and guidance will be lost from the priest and [wise] counsel [will cease] from the elders.
Ezekiel 30:14
“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written and forever remains written,
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
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The princes
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The princes
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
And mediums and soothsayers.
Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.”
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
Zoan
“For his princes are at Zoan
And his ambassadors arrive at Hanes [in Egypt].
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].
“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.
Brutish
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:
Surely
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];
Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;
For his molten images are frauds and lies,
And there is no breath in them.
I am
General references
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
Where there is no [wise, intelligent] guidance, the people fall [and go off course like a ship without a helm],
But in the abundance of [wise and godly] counselors there is victory.
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”