Jeremiah 8:9

New American Bible - revised edition

The wise are put to shame, terrified, and trapped; Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what sort of wisdom do they have?

Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his statutes, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They followed emptiness and became empty; they followed the surrounding nations whom the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

Job 5:12

He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success;

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed.

Psalm 19:7

From one end of the heavens it comes forth; its course runs through to the other; nothing escapes its heat.

Isaiah 19:11

Utter fools are the princes of Zoan! the wisest of Pharaoh’s advisers give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a descendant of wise men, of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of the wise shall perish, the prudence of the prudent shall vanish.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.

Jeremiah 15:6

It is you who have disowned me—oracle of the Lord— turned your back upon me; I stretched out my hand to destroy you, because I was weary of relenting.

Jeremiah 19:7

In this place I will foil the plan of Judah and Jerusalem; I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hand of those who seek their lives. Their corpses I will give as food to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law did not know me: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman, has counsel perished from the prudent, is their wisdom gone?

Jeremiah 6:15

They have acted shamefully, committing abominations, yet they are not at all ashamed, they do not know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among the fallen; in the time of their punishment they shall stumble, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:19

See, I bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their own schemes, Because they did not pay attention to my words, because they rejected my law.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster, rumor upon rumor. They keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction from the priest is missing, and counsel from the elders.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they spurned the instruction of the Lord, and did not keep his statutes; Because the lies which their ancestors followed have led them astray,

Zechariah 13:4

On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle to mislead,

Deuteronomy 4:6

Observe them carefully, for this is your wisdom and discernment in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “This great nation is truly a wise and discerning people.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.