Jeremiah 8:9

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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

Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing? Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall at the time I punish them, they will stumble," says Yahweh.

Concerning Edom, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel become lost from [those who] understand? Is their wisdom rotting?

[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.

Surely the princes of Zoan [are] foolish; the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh [give] senseless counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I myself [am] a son of sages, a {descendant} of ancient kings"?

Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor will be upon rumor. And they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from [the] priest and counsel from [the] elders.

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

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And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.

for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.

For the message about 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 holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

General references

For {they are a nation void of sense}, and there is not [any] understanding in them.

they were not willing [to accept] my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."