Job 12:17

If You Want To Learn

¹⁶ True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
¹⁷ He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.
¹⁸ He releases the bonds put on by kings
and fastens a belt around their waists.

Wise Men

Job

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Isaiah 29:14

therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

2 Samuel 15:31

Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

2 Samuel 17:14

Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

Job 3:14

with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

Job 9:24

The earth is handed over to the wicked;
He blindfolds its judges.
If it isn’t He, then who is it?

Isaiah 19:12-14

Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written:

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