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?

Bible References

The wise men are

Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:7
About Edom, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away?
Job 5:12
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster after disaster will come,
and there will be rumor after rumor.
Then they will seek a vision from a prophet,
but instruction will perish from the priests
and counsel from the elders.
1 Corinthians 1:26
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

Lo

Deuteronomy 4:6
Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’
Psalm 19:7
The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.
Psalm 119:98
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are always with me.
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.
2 Timothy 3:15
and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

General references

Deuteronomy 32:28
Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.
Proverbs 1:30
were not interested in my counsel,
and rejected all my correction,
Luke 11:35
Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

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