Bible Cross References
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Proverbs 16:25
There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
Proverbs 26:12
I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe [to them] that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe [to them] that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.
Jeremiah 8:8
How will you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them?
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
John 7:49
But this crowd which does not know the law is accursed."
John 9:39-41
39
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see might become blind."
40
Then [some] of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?"
41
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 2:19-23
19
and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,
20
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21
You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
22
You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?
23
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law?
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
19
For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."
20
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness";
20
and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless."
James 3:13-17
13
Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct [that] his works [are] in meekness of wisdom.
14
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
15
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
16
For where jealousy and strife [exist], there unrest and every evil deed [are].
17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
2 Peter 1:9
For [he] who lacks these things is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.
2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak haughty [words] of emptiness, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, those who are escaping from those who are living in error,
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, 'I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,