Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, "We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?" But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.

Job 5:12-13

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Job 11:12

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

Job 12:20

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

Psalm 147:19

He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

Isaiah 10:1-2

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

Hosea 8:12

I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Matthew 15:6

he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.

John 9:41

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

Romans 2:17-29

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

In vain, etc

General references

Bible References

Lo

Matthew 15:6
he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.

In vain, etc

Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

General references

Luke 11:35
Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,