Verse 27

But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie:

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?
  • Ps 8:2 : 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake: that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore wyll I do marueyles among this people, euen marueylous thinges I say and a wonder: For the wysdome of their wyse men shall perishe, and the vnderstanding of their wittie men shall hyde it selfe.
  • Isa 29:19 : 19 The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde, and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel:
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes.
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 And sayde vnto hym: Hearest thou what these saye? But Iesus sayth vnto them, yea, haue ye neuer read: Out of the mouth of babes & suckelynges thou hast ordeyned prayse?
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power be Gods, and not ours.
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes, 5 Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe,
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.
  • Luke 19:39-40 : 39 And some of the Pharisees of the companie sayde vnto hym: Maister, rebuke thy disciples. 40 He saide vnto them: I tell you, that if these holde their peace, then shall the stones crye.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
  • Acts 4:11-21 : 11 This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner: 12 Neither is there saluation in any other. For among men vnder heauen, there is geuen none other name, wherin we must be saued. 13 Nowe when they sawe the boldnesse of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned and lay men, they marueyled, and they knewe them that they had ben with Iesu: 14 And beholdyng also the man which was healed, standyng with them, they coulde not say agaynst it, 15 But commaundyng them to go asyde out of the counsel, and counseled among them selues, 16 Saying: What shall we do to these men? For a manifest signe is done by them, and is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Hierusalem, and we can not denie it. 17 But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this name. 18 And they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wyse they shoulde speake, nor teache in the name of Iesu. 19 But Peter and Iohn aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Whether it be ryght in the syght of God, to hearken vnto you more then to God, iudge ye. 20 For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde. 21 So threatned they them, and let them go, and founde nothyng how to punishe them, because of the people: For all men praysed God, because of that which was done.
  • Acts 6:9-9 : 9 Then there arose certaine of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and of Alexandria, and of Cilicia, & of Asia, disputyng with Steuen. 10 And they coulde not resiste the wisedome and the spirite by the whiche he spake.
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moyses, whom they forsoke saying, who made thee a ruler and a iudge? the same dyd God sende, to be a ruler, and a deliuerer, by the handes of the angell, whiche appeared to hym in the busshe.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 In thee also will I leaue a smal poore simple people, whiche shall trust in the name of the Lorde.
  • Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And Iesus, walkyng by the sea of Galilee, sawe two brethren, Simon (which was) called Peter, and Andrewe his brother, castyng a nette into the sea, (for they were fysshers.) 19 And he saith vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyl make you fysshers of men. 20 And they strayghtwaye lefte their nettes, and folowed hym. 21 And when he was gone foorth from thence, he sawe other two brethren, Iames, the sonne of Zebedee, & Iohn his brother, in the shippe with Zebedee their father, mendyng their nettes, and he called them. 22 And they immediatly, left the shippe and their father, and folowed hym.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, he sawe a man, named Matthewe, syttyng at the receipte of custome: & he sayth vnto hym, folowe me. And he arose, and folowed hym.
  • Isa 26:5-6 : 5 For he hath brought downe the high minded citizens: as for the proude citie he hath brought it lowe, euen to the ground shall he cast it downe, and bring it vnto dust. 6 The foote, euen the foote of the poore, and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.
  • Acts 24:24-25 : 24 And after certayne dayes, when Felix came, with his wyfe Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, he called foorth Paul, and hearde hym of the fayth which is towarde Christe. 25 And as he reasoned of ryghteousnesse, temperaunce, and iudgement to come, Felix trembled, and aunswered: Go thy way for this tyme, when I haue a conuenient season, I will sende for thee.
  • Acts 7:54 : 54 When they hearde these thynges, their heartes claue a sunder, and they gnasshed on hym with their teeth.