Bible Verses Like Jeremiah 8:8

“How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.”

 

Bible verses related to Jeremiah 8:8 (similar cross-references)


Job 5:12-13 - He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.   (Verses like Job 5:12)

Romans 1:22 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,   (Verses like Romans 1:22)

Job 11:12 - For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.   (Verses like Job 11:12)

Job 12:20 - He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.   (Verses like Job 12:20)

Proverbs 17:6 - Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.   (Verses like Proverbs 17:6)

Isaiah 10:1-2 - Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!   (Verses like Isaiah 10:1)

Hosea 8:12 - I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.   (Verses like Hosea 8:12)

Matthew 15:6 - And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.   (Verses like Matthew 15:6)

John 9:41 - Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.   (Verses like John 9:41)

Romans 2:17-29 - Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.   (Verses like Romans 2:17)

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.   (Verses like 1 Corinthians 3:18)