Isaiah 29:13-14
13 And the Lord said:“Because athis people bdraw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
14therefore, behold, cI will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and dthe wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
Jeremiah 8:8-9
8 e“How can you say, ‘We are wise,and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 fThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed gand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
Matthew 15:14
14Let them alone; hthey are blind guides. ▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind
And jif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 21:27
27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.Matthew 23:16-24
16“Woe to kyou, lblind guides, who say, m‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or nthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by othe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or pthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by qhim who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by rheaven swears by sthe throne of God and by thim who sits upon it.23 u“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For vyou tithe mint and dill and wcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: xjustice and mercy and faithfulness. yThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing za camel!
John 3:9-10
9Nicodemus said to him, aa“How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel aband yet you do not understand these things?1 Timothy 6:4
4 ache is puffed up with conceit and adunderstands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for aecontroversy and for afquarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
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