No doubt you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey’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 hidden their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
I have heard the rebuke of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
How have you counseled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.
Woe unto 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 brethren?
