1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
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- Job 5:13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- Psalm 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19–20 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?