Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Bible References

The princes

Isaiah 19:3
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.
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.”
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,
Job 5:12
“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
Job 12:17
“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
Psalm 33:10
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.
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.”

Zoan

Isaiah 30:4
“For their princes are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
Numbers 13:22
When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Psalm 78:12
He wrought wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Ezekiel 30:14
“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in Zoan
And execute judgments on Thebes.

Brutish

Psalm 73:22
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
Psalm 92:6
A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

I am

Genesis 41:38
Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?”
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Acts 7:22
Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

General references

Exodus 8:4
So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’”
Job 39:17
Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is victory.
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.”