Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 3:19

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God : for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness .

God accounteth that folly, which the World calleth wisdom, and indeed it is so (for God cannot err, nor be mistaken in his judgment) the Philosophers and wise men of the World propose the happiness of man as their end, which indeed is the true end which all men aim at, and do propound to themselves, true wisdom directeth the best means in order to the best end. Whatsoever directeth not to the best end, or to what is not the best mean in order to that end, is not wisdom, but real folly; worldly wisdom neither directeth to the best end, for it looks at no further happiness than that of this life, nor yet to the best means, and therefore is truly what God accounts it, foolishness.

And to see the wise and learned men of the World thus err both in their judgment and practice, is no wonder at all; for God is set out of old by Eliphaz, as one that taketh the wise in their own craftiness, Iob 5.13.