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JOB 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 1 21-ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 1 22
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools (niv)
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PSA 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. (niv)
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ISA 44:25
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Αʹ 1 19-ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Αʹ 1 20
For it is written:“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Αʹ 2 6
We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. (niv)
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PSA 7:14-15
Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. (niv)
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ISA 29:14-16
Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think,“ Who sees us? Who will know?”You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,“ You did not make me”? Can the pot say to the potter,“ You know nothing”? (niv)
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PSA 9:15-16
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. (niv)
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EXO 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” (niv)
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ISA 19:11-14
The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh,“ I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.The Lord has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit. (niv)
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EXO 1:10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.” (niv)
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2SA 16:23
Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice. (niv)
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2SA 15:31
Now David had been told,“ Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed,“ Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.” (niv)
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EST 7:10
So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided. (niv)
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2SA 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“ The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom. (niv)
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2SA 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb. (niv)