"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."
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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."
for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'