Job 11:11-12, Psa 49:10-13, Rom 1:21-22, 1Cor 1:19, 21, 25 | ESV | STEP | For he knows worthless men ; when he sees iniquity , will he not consider it?

Job 11:11-12

11 For he knows ^aworthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
12 But a stupid man will get understanding
when ^ba wild donkey’s colt is ^cborn a man!

Psalms 49:10-13

10 For he sees ^dthat even the wise die;
^ethe fool and the stupid alike must perish
and ^fleave their wealth to others.
11 Their ^ggraves are their homes forever, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever}
their dwelling places ⁱto all generations,
though they ^jcalled lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp ^kwill not remain;
^lhe is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the path of those who have ^mfoolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts. ^{▼▼Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts} Selah

Romans 1:21-22

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^obecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ^pClaiming to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:19

19 For it is written,

^q“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

1 Corinthians 1:21

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach ^{▼▼Or the folly of preaching} to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:25

25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.