Job 5:12-13
12He afrustrates the devices of the crafty,so that their hands achieve no success.
13He bcatches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Isaiah 19:3
3and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,and I will confound ▼
▼Or I will swallow up
their dcounsel;and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and ethe mediums and the necromancers;
Isaiah 19:11
11 The princes of fZoan are utterly foolish;the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
Isaiah 29:14
14therefore, behold, gI will againdo wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and hthe wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
Jeremiah 8:9
9 iThe wise men shall be put to shame;they shall be dismayed jand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
1 Corinthians 3:19
19For kthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, l“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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