Dan 5:8, 1Cor 1:19, 3:18-20 | ESV | STEP | Then all the king’s wise men came in , but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation .

Daniel 5:8

8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but ^athey could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

1 Corinthians 1:19

19 For it is written,

^b“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

18 ^cLet no one deceive himself. ^dIf anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For ^ethe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^f“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, ^g“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”