Jer 5:4-5, Mat 11:25, Joh 7:26, 50, 12:42, Act 6:7, 1Cor 1:20, 22-28, 2:8 | 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.

Matthew 11:25

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 ^cAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^dLord of heaven and earth, that ^eyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^frevealed them to little children;

John 7:26

26 And here he is, ^gspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^hthe authorities really know that this is the Christ?

John 7:50

50 ⁱNicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,

John 12:42

42 Nevertheless, ^jmany even of the authorities believed in him, but ^kfor fear of the Pharisees they did not ^lconfess it, so that they would not be ^mput out of the synagogue;

Acts 6:7

7 And ⁿthe word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests ^obecame obedient to ^pthe faith.

1 Corinthians 1:20

20 ^qWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^rHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 1:22-28

22 For ^sJews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ ^tcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^uthe power of God and ^vthe wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For consider your calling, brothers: ^wnot many of you were wise according to worldly standards, ^{▼▼Greek according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But ^yGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^zGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^aathings that are not, to ^abbring to nothing things that are,

1 Corinthians 2:8

8 None of ^acthe rulers of this age understood this, for ^adif they had, they would not have crucified ^aethe Lord of glory.