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?
The princes
General references
Bible References
The princes
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.
“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 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.”
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 offortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Job 5:12
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
“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.
“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.
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom inTeman?
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
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.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written and forever remains written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers],
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
Zoan
Isaiah 30:4
“For his princes are at Zoan
And his ambassadors arrive at Hanes [in Egypt].
“For his princes are at Zoan
And his ambassadors arrive at Hanes [in Egypt].
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.)
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].
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].
Ezekiel 30:14
“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.
“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.
Brutish
Psalm 73:22
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
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:
A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:
Proverbs 30:2
SurelyI am more brutish and stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Surely
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
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.
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
Genesis 41:38
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]?”
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
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture 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 on your people and all your servants.”’”
Job 39:17
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
Proverbs 11:14
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.
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.
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written and forever remains written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers],
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”