Isa 19:11-13, 29:14, 44:25, 47:13-14, Jer 8:9, 10:7, Dan 5:7-8 | ESV | STEP | The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish ; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel . How can you say to Pharaoh , I am a son of the wise , a son of ancient kings ?

11 The princes of ^aZoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
12 Where then are your ^bwise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of ^cZoan have become fools,
and the princes of ^dMemphis are deluded;
those who are the ^ecornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.

Isaiah 29:14

14 therefore, behold, ^fI will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and ^gthe wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

Isaiah 44:25

25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
^hwho turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 47:13-14

13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
ⁱthose who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, ^jthey are like stubble;
^kthe fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!

Jeremiah 8:9

9 ^lThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^mand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 10:7

7 ⁿWho would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.

Daniel 5:7-8

7 ^oThe king called loudly to bring in ^pthe enchanters, the ^qChaldeans, and ^rthe astrologers. The king declared ^{▼▼Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10} to the wise men of Babylon, ^t“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and ^ushall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but ^vthey could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.