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
The Egyptians will become discouraged. I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
Isaiah 29:14
I will do things that shock and amaze them. I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand (discern).
Isaiah 44:25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
Job 5:12
He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
Psalm 33:10
Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Jeremiah 49:7
This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?
Ezekiel 7:26
Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet. The teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.
1 Corinthians 1:19
It is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (Isaiah 29:14)
Zoan
Isaiah 30:4
Their princes are at Zoan and their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
Numbers 13:22
When they went to the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. 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 destroy Pathros, set fire to Zoan and bring punishment on Thebes.
Brutish
Psalm 73:22
I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.
Psalm 92:6
A stupid (senseless) person cannot know and a fool cannot understand.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more stupid then any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.
I am
Genesis 41:38
and he said to them: We will never find a better man than Joseph. He is a man who has God's Spirit in him.
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.
Acts 7:22
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
General references
Exodus 8:4
The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.'
Job 39:17
This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.
Proverbs 11:14
The people fall where there is no counsel. Yes, the people fall but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
1 Corinthians 1:19
It is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (Isaiah 29:14)