10 Bible Verses about False Wisdom

for the wisdom of this world is folly, in the eye of God: as it is written, "he surprizes the wise in all their artifices."

while the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek wisdom:

for Christ did not send me to baptize: but to preach the gospel: tho' not with the preaching of the wise, lest the cross of Christ should have been hinder'd in its efficacy.

for it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this secret, (for fear you should presume too much on your selves) that blindness has fallen upon a part of Israel, until the time when the Gentiles shall be fully come in.

where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputant of this age? has not God prov'd the wisdom of this world to be downright folly.

let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.

for this is to me matter of glorying, the testimony of my conscience, that without artifice, and with religious sincerity, not by worldly wisdom, but by God's favourable assistance I have behaved my self towards all men, but more particularly to you.

such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal.

have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.