For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”

so that, just as it is written: “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

but just as it is written: “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the human heart, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”;

For it is written in the Law of Moses: “You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.”

In the Law it is written: “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.

So also it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” The last Adam was a life-giving spirit.