⁹ It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

²⁰ He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

²⁵ At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

¹³ Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁴⁸ Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

²⁶ For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, `are called':

²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

⁷ but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, `even' the `wisdom' that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

⁸ which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

⁶ But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

⁷ Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?