1 Corinthians 1:20

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?

But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’

In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’ ”

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’ ”

You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators, stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house, and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.

The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.”

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’ ”

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.

Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel both was like this with David and with Absalom.

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you will not exalt them.

But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?

A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.