Jeremiah 8:8

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

“An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
And the glory of sons is their fathers.

Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.

he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God,

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

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How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Grandchildren are the crown of old men,

And the glory of sons is their fathers.

Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

Professing to be wise, they became fools,