@brokenleaf@xanga - No, you are wrong... re-read James, the 3rd chapter... just near the end.  There are TWO kinds of wisdom.... earthly, sensual.... DEMONIC... and that which is of God.  So, yes, there is "bad wisdom"... and it usually comes from those who are trying to EARN their salvation with their dead works and blinded eyes.

@nellyet@Revelife To the Author --- I point you to the only 3 times in all of Scriptures wherein it states "God Laughs".  God doesn't have a sense of humor... the laughing is in scorn EVERY SINGLE TIME... and in 2 of the three instances it's directed at the leaders of Nations.  Check out Psalms 2:4 for the clearest of them all

God laughs at the plans of the nations -- He mocks them in scorn.

(The other two times are Psalm 37:13 & 59:8) 

God places those in leadership whom he desires (A point that Daniel felt needed to be seriously stressed --- Daniel 4: 17, 25, 32 & 5:21) and allows them to serve in His Plans and purpose --- why else would Pontius Pilate have been in power exactly when Christ was to be Crucified.... review Acts 2:23, 3:13-15, 4:27-28 for a great review of this theme.  They may be bad or good --- God said of Pharoah "I raised you up.... that I might display MY POWER to all the Earth."  (Romans 9:17) --- but ultimately they dance to God's tune and purpose and plan.  

All that said --- let me ask you this bluntly.  What "wisdom" can a dead man have?  What "Light" can a blind man see?  The men of this world have rejected God, rejected wisdom --- they are dead in their sins and blind to true wisdom.... so why should I turn to blind leaders if they will only cause me to fall into a pit eventually?  This is a point I have been trying to make to my readers for over 2 years now ---- The world has  - N-O - Wisdom to offer the child of God, for we have the scriptures which "are able to make (us) wise to salvation through faith in Jesus". 

While the Bible may not tell me the second law of thermodynamics --- I would ask is knowledge of that scientific law really necessary for life overall???   I can get by without knowing that "things always tend towards entropy (downward degression) and not upwards progression" (that was vastly simplified and I apologize to any out there scientifically minded who know the law in full) or I can simply believe "man is sinful and will become more and more increasingly so as the time of His appearing comes"..... same principle, different words.

It comes down to this (in summary) --- God has always Used nations (and Men) as he will and never looks to those who reject him to HAVE wisdom ---- he always places this call before them....

>>>>Wisdom’s Rebuke

 Out in the open WISDOM CALLS aloud,
   she raises her voice in the public square; 
on top of the wall she cries out,
   at the city gate she makes her speech:

 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
   How long will mockers delight in mockery
   and fools hate knowledge? 
Repent at my rebuke!
   Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
   I will make known to you my teachings. 
But since you refuse to listen when I call
   and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, 
since you disregard all my advice
   and do not accept my rebuke, 
I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;   (NOTE: another verse of God laughing that I missed)
   I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
   when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
   when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
   when distress and trouble overwhelm you.  (Proverbs 1:20-27)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
   but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  (Proverbs 1:7)

@JulieMillerFan@xanga - tldr.  Also, bible verses don't work on me generally because I see them only as marginally trustworthy anecdotes.