32 Bible Verses about False Wisdom

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.

For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.

Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;

Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.