1 Corinthians 1:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 29:14 : 14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
  • Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
  • Isa 19:11 : 11 The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

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    20Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

    22Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

    23But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

    24But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

    25Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

    26For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

    27But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

    28And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

    29So that no flesh might have glory before God.

    30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

    31So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

    20And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

  • 1 Cor 1:17-18
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    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

    18For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

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    4And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

    5So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

    6But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

    7But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

    8Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

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    22Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

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    14For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

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    8Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?

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    1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

    2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

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    9The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

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    25Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

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    13He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

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    10The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

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    14For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

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    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

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    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

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    10We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

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    16I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

    17What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

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    32For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

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    14But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

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    21Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

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    19Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

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    19For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

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    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

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    16Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

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    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

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    10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

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    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

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    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

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    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.