2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We 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.
- 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
- 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
- Rev 3:17 : 17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
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- 2 Cor 11:20-212 verses82%
20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
21 I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.
- 1 Cor 3:18-203 verses76%
18 Let 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.
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:
20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
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1 Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.
- 2 Cor 11:16-183 verses75%
16 I 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.
17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.
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10 We 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.
- Prov 26:4-52 verses74%
4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
- 1 Pet 2:19-202 verses72%
19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.
20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
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15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
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22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
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5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
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17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
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8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
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19 In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,
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19 For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
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12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
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7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
- 1 Cor 1:20-212 verses70%
20 Where 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?
21 For 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.
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25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
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11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.
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24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
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3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
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16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
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10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
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2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
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15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
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29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
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22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
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21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
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16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
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20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
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10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
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33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
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3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
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12 For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
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23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
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32 For 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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22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?