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Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

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Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.

Isaiah 4:1
Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”

Hosea 13:10
Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

Job 12:20
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

Isaiah 1:26
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’

Isaiah 9:15
The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

Isaiah 29:10
For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

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Proverbs 16:10
Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

Isaiah 2:6
For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

Isaiah 8:19
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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2 Kings 24:14
He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.

Psalms 74:9
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

Isaiah 2:13
for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

Isaiah 2:14
for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

Isaiah 2:15
for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.

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1 Kings 12:6
King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”

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1 Kings 12:8
But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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