Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 11:25
So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: a partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 25:14
The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 47:10
You were secure in your wickedness; you said: No one sees me. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself: I, and no one else.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 8:8
How can you claim: We are wise; the law of the LORD is with us? In fact, the lying pen of scribes has produced falsehood.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom do they really have?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 10:14
Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [his] carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness-- how deep is that darkness!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 1:19-21
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For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
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Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made the world's wisdom foolish?
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For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness--