Isa 9:16, 29:10-12, 56:10, Jer 8:8-9, Mat 11:25, 15:14, 22:29 | ESV | STEP | for those who guide this people have been leading them astray , and those who are guided by them are swallowed up .

Isaiah 9:16

16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

Isaiah 29:10-12

10 ^aFor the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is ^bsealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

Isaiah 56:10

10 ^cHis watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent ^ddogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.

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 11:25

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 ^hAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ⁱLord of heaven and earth, that ^jyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^krevealed them to little children;

Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone; ^lthey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ⁿif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 22:29

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^obecause you know neither the Scriptures nor ^pthe power of God.