Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Neither
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Bible References
Great
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and understanding and hast revealed them unto children.
John 7:48
Have any of the princes or of the Pharisees believed on him?
1 Corinthians 1:26
For look upon your vocation, brothers, that ye are not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
1 Corinthians 2:7
but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages unto our glory,
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not the rich oppress you with tyranny and draw you with violence to the courts?
Neither
Job 12:20
He impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king who will no longer be admonished.
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1 Corinthians 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.