No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
And Job answered and said,
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searches him out.
Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers?