Jer 5:4-5, Joh 12:42, 1Cor 1:26 | ESV | STEP | Then I said , These are only the poor ; they have no sense ; for they do not know the way of the Lord , the justice of their God .

Jeremiah 5:4-5

4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
^afor they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
^bBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

John 12:42

42 Nevertheless, ^cmany even of the authorities believed in him, but ^dfor fear of the Pharisees they did not ^econfess it, so that they would not be ^fput out of the synagogue;

1 Corinthians 1:26

26 For consider your calling, brothers: ^gnot many of you were wise according to worldly standards, ^{▼▼Greek according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.