Jeremiah 8:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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?

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:15

Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse, says the Lord.

Job 5:12

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they   achieve no success.

Jeremiah 6:19

Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am one  of the wise, a student of eastern   kings’?

Deuteronomy 4:6

Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, “This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures,  which are able to give you wisdom for salvation  through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumour after rumour. Then they will look for a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from the priests and counsel from the elders.

Jeremiah 49:7

About Edom,  this is what the Lord of Armies says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom rotted away?

Isaiah 8:20

Go to God’s instruction and testimony!  If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors  and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves,  following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have left me.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration. ‘You have turned your back, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am tired  of showing compassion.

Jeremiah 19:7

I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who intend to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.

Amos 2:4

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the  Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies  that their ancestors followed have led them astray.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak  in order to deceive.

Job 5:13

He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned, and your mediators have rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the  Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers  rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by   Baal and followed useless idols.