Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings"?
Cross References
Acts 7:22
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Genesis 41:38
So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?"

Genesis 41:39
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Numbers 13:22
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

1 Kings 4:30
Solomon's wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Psalm 78:12
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

Psalm 78:43
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

Isaiah 30:4
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

Jeremiah 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

Jeremiah 46:17
There they will cry out: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.'

Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

Ezekiel 30:14
I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

Obadiah 1:7
All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.


Treasury of Scripture
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say you to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

the princes



Isaiah 19:3,13
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…



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.



Isaiah 44:25
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Zoan



Isaiah 30:4
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.



Numbers 13:22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)



Psalm 78:12,43
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan…

brutish



Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.



Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.



Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

I am



Genesis 41:38,39
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? …



1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.



Acts 7:22
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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