Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 29:9, the call to be stunned and blind parallels the divine bewilderment announced here.
In Isaiah 29:10, the deep sleep and sealed eyes explain how the wisdom perishes — cause and effect in the same oracle.
In Isaiah 6:9, the command to prevent understanding parallels the loss of wisdom here.
In Isaiah 6:10, the hardening of hearts leads to the same judgment of blinded wisdom described here.
In Isaiah 19:11-14, the same prophet describes God frustrating Egypt's wise counselors — a parallel judgment on human wisdom.
Isaiah 19:14 describes God sending a spirit of confusion to Egypt, directly paralleling the confounding of wisdom here.
Isaiah 44:25 states God frustrates signs and makes wise men foolish, a direct parallel to the perishing of wisdom here.
In Isaiah 19:3, God frustrates Egyptian plans, similar to the perishing of wisdom here — same theme in different nations.
In Isaiah 28:21, God's 'alien task' of judgment parallels the 'wonder upon wonder' here.
Job 5:13 states God catches the wise in their craftiness — a direct thematic parallel to perishing wisdom in Isaiah.
1 Corinthians 1:19 directly quotes this verse and applies it to Christ crucified as the ultimate confounding of human wisdom.
In Romans 1:22, those claiming to be wise become fools—a direct echo of wisdom perishing here.
John 9:39-41 shows Jesus making the blind see and the seeing blind — reversing human wisdom as in Isaiah's confounding.
In Habakkuk 1:5, God's shocking work that is 'utterly amazing' echoes the astoundment declared here.
Obadiah 1:8 declares God will destroy wise men from Edom — identical theme of wisdom perishing at God's hand.
Jeremiah 49:7 asks if counsel has perished from Edom's prudent — the same divine judgment on wisdom from Teman.
Jeremiah 8:7-9 laments Israel's false wisdom being put to shame — mirroring Isaiah's threat against wise men.
Luke 10:21 thanks the Father for hiding things from the wise and revealing to infants, directly echoing this verse.
In Job 12:17, God leads counselors away stripped and makes judges fools—a strong parallel to the perishing of wisdom here.
In 1 Corinthians 1:27, Paul echoes this theme: God chooses what is foolish to shame the wise, showing human wisdom's futility.
Luke 8:10 explains that the secrets of the kingdom are hidden from some, mirroring God's hiding of discernment here.
In John 9:29-34, the wise (Pharisees) are blinded to Jesus, illustrating the perishing of wisdom here.
In Romans 1:28, God gives them up to a debased mind—judgment that parallels the hiding of discernment here.
In 1 Corinthians 3:19, the wisdom of this world is folly with God—repeating the theme of human wisdom being thwarted.
In Deuteronomy 32:28, Israel is called a nation void of counsel and understanding—matching the perishing of wisdom here.