1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
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- Job 5:13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
- Psalm 141:10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19–20 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?