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
General references
Bible References
The wise men are
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:7
Of Edom. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished?
Job 5:12
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster shall come upon disaster, and rumor shall follow rumor; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
Lo
Deuteronomy 4:6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
Psalm 19:7
The LORD's Law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Isaiah 8:20
Turn to the law and to the testimony. If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
1 Corinthians 1:18
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.
2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
Proverbs 1:30
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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,
1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."