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Isa 47:10 — For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thou hast trusted		Isa 28:15; Isa 59:4; Psa 52:7; Psa 62:9
thou hast said		Isa 29:15; Job 22:13,14; Psa 10:11; Psa 64:5; Psa 94:7-9; Ecc 8:8; Jer 23:24; Eze 8:12; Eze 9:9
Thy wisdom		Isa 5:21; Eze 28:2-6; Rom 1:22; 1Cr 1:19-21; 1Cr 3:19
perverted thee		or, caused thee to turn away.
I am		Isa 47:8.

Correlating Passages

thou hast trusted

	Isa 28:15	Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
	Isa 59:4	None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
	Psa 52:7	Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
	Psa 62:9	Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.

thou hast said

	Isa 29:15	Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
	Job 22:13	And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
	Job 22:14	Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
	Psa 10:11	He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
	Psa 64:5	They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
	Psa 94:7	Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].
	Psa 94:8	Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
	Psa 94:9	He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
	Ecc 8:8	[There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
	Jer 23:24	Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
	Eze 8:12	Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
	Eze 9:9	Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

Thy wisdom

	Isa 5:21	Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
	Eze 28:2	Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
	Eze 28:3	Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
	Eze 28:4	With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
	Eze 28:5	By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
	Eze 28:6	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
	Rom 1:22	Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
	1Cr 1:19	For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
	1Cr 1:20	Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
	1Cr 1:21	For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
	1Cr 3:19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

I am

Isa 47:8

Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 47:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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