Isaiah 5:21
Beware, those who think they are wise, those who think they possess understanding.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
- Rom 12:16 : 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.” 20 And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
- Job 11:12 : 12 But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.
- Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
- John 9:41 : 41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.
- Rom 1:22 : 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
- Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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18Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
19They say,“Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”
20Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.
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15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
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11Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.
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21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
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12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
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7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
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1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
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4I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
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3This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
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8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
- 1 Cor 3:18-203 verses72%
18Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
19For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
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31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
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8How can you say,“We are wise! We have the law of the LORD”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.
9Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?
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15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.
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2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.
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9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
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11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.
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22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
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1The Party is over for the Rich Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.
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1The Lord Will Judge Samaria The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.
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4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.
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15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,
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12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
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1Beware, those who enact unjust policies, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
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22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
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25“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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1Egypt Will Prove Unreliable“The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the LORD,“those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.
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5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
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13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
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21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.
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22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.
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12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.
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2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.
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10You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought,‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’
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14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
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3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.
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16So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.
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24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
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5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!
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5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
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9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.