Job 5:13

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius VII.1Book VII

  “…the same name, that which is declared by the same appellation will surely be one also”:—so that at all points “He that taketh the wise in their own craftiness” has turned the long labours of our author, and the infinite toil spent on what he has elaborated, to the establishment of the doctrine which we maintain.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 19; cf. Job v. 13.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.14Book IV

  “…and bare a Son and shall call His name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, ‘God with us,’ in order that he who taketh the wise in their own craftinessmay deceive him who always glorieth in his wisdom, the maiden is given in marriage to Joseph by the priests, a new book to him who is versed in letters: but…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 19; Job v. 13.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.5Book V

  “Even if the ancient Scriptures have contributed nothing in support of our view thus far, an excellent testimony turns up in what (the apostle) here adjoins: “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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 19, 20; Job v. 13; Ps. xciv. 11.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.18Book V

  “For “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise”—that God, no doubt, who in reference to this very dispensation of His threatened long before that He would “destroy the wisdom of the wise.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 14, quoted 1 Cor. i. 19; comp. Jer. viii. 9 and Job v. 12, 13.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3Book I

  “For the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain;” the Scripture calling those the wise (σοφούς) who are skilled in words and arts, sophists (σοφιστάς).” — editor's note: Job v. 13; 1 Cor. iii. 19, 20; Ps. xciv. 11.

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• Psalm 94:11

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• Isaiah 29:14

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• Matthew 8:20

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• Luke 9:58

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• 1 Corinthians 1:19

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• 1 Corinthians 3:19

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• 1 Corinthians 3:20

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• 1 Corinthians 3:19

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