Romans 16:19
For your obedience has gone abroad to all men: I rejoice, therefore, on your account. But I desire you to be wise in respect to that which is good, and guileless in respect to that which is evil.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet, in malice, be childlike; but, in understanding, be full-grown men.
Romans 1:22
professing to be wise, they became foolish,
Matthew 23:16-26
Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he acted prudently. For the children of this age are more prudent toward their generation than the children of light.
John 16:3
And these things they will do, because they know neither the Father nor me.
Romans 1:28
And as they refused to acknowledge God, God delivered them up to an undiscerning mind, to do detestable things;
Romans 3:11
there is none that understands; there is none that seeks after God;
1 Corinthians 1:20-21
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of- this world?