John 7:49

But this [ignorant, contemptible] crowd that does not know the Law is accursed and doomed!”

Isaiah 5:21


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever and shrewd in their own sight!

Isaiah 28:14


Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!

Isaiah 29:14-19


Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.”

Isaiah 65:5


Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am too holy for you [and you might defile me]!’
These [people] are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

John 9:34

They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins [from head to foot], and you [presume to] teach us?” Then they threw him out [of the synagogue].

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

1 Corinthians 1:20-21

Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.

James 3:13-18

Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him by his good conduct show his [good] deeds with the gentleness and humility of true wisdom.

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