Jeremiah 8:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

The wise men are

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General references

1 Corinthians 1:19

Bible References

The wise men are

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

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

The princes of

Zoan are mere fools;

The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

Lo

So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

The law of the Lord is

perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are ever mine.

To the

law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

General references

“For they are a nation lacking in counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

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

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”