Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe e
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His str
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become b
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the
In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceivin
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear bu
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am o
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiv
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong dri
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they wil
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migr
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th