Job 32:9

It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Job 12:20

He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.

John 7:48

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

1 Corinthians 1:26-27

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

1 Corinthians 2:7-8

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

James 2:6-7

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

General references

Bible References

Great

Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
1 Corinthians 1:26
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 2:7
On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.
James 2:6
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

Neither

Job 12:20
He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

General references

1 Corinthians 14:32
And the prophets’ spirits are under the control of the prophets,

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